It’s one of the biggest hoards of its kind ever found in Germany, worth roughly six years of a Roman soldier’s savings.

The massive silver discovery contains more than twice as many coins as Finland’s previous record-holding Viking Age hoard — and no one knows who buried it ...

Oliver Riedl called the authorities for help and a group of experts who began digging immediately discovered a total of 934 Roman silver denarii. It is the biggest coin treasure ever found in Germany ...

A Finnish metal detectorist has uncovered what is believed to be the country's largest known Viking Age silver coin hoard after finding thousands of ancient coins near the village centre of Sysmä.

A man who discovered Roman silver coins in a field realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept signaling.

Having only ever found a silver coin while metal detecting, Idris Thomas was shocked to strike gold. It is engraved with a heart and believed to have been a memento of a King Charles I loyalist.

Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday. The rare trove -- lying in two spots ...

A Finnish metal detectorist has uncovered what is believed to be the country's largest known Viking Age silver coin hoard after finding thousands of ancient coins near the village centre of Sysmä.