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 British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot more modern currency in his pocket after the treasure was auctioned off for ...

EMBDEN, Maine (AP) — A man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. Shane Houston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was on a ...

Steve Hickman, 59, bought a second hand metal detector from eBay after watching the hit TV show starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. He secured a 'permission' to search farmland near his home in ...

A tradie from Brisbane was shocked to discover a rare hidden treasure hiding beneath a tree with the help of his metal detector. Wayne Ryan’s jaw dropped when he stumbled across an 1885 gold sovereign ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metal detectors allow you to search for treasure, coins, lost items and historical artifacts buried beneath the surface. The three groups who most enjoy metal detecting are history buffs, collectors ...