A North Carolina man has found buried treasure in Maine while on vacation. Shane Houston found a two-century-old coin buried in the dirt near a church in Embden, Maine, earlier this month as he went ...

EIGHTEEN Iron Age gold coins dug up by a metal detectorist are expected to fetch £25,000 at auction. History professor Tom ...

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 ...

A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million. By Ali Watkins The group huddled together in the farmer’s field, staring at the dozen or so ...

There could be buried treasure just beneath the grass in your yard. An old coin, lost ring or even a gold nugget might be hiding only a few inches underfoot. Who knows what might be lying out of sight ...

17-year-old Reece Pickering found one of just three surviving silver pennies dated to Harold II's reign. Courtesy of Hansons This summer, two British teenagers wielding metal detectors separately ...

Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's safe to say, metal detecting isn't a hobby that works for everyone. While some are out searching plowed fields for colonial relics, ...

If Nicolas Cage and his National Treasure movie have you thinking about the possibility of finding gold, you may want to take up metal detecting. It has become a very popular sport in just the past ...