Professor Tom Licence from the University of East Anglia has made an incredible discovery: the largest known hoard of Iron Age gold coins, found in a field near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The 18 gold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 11th-century coin trove is known as the Chew Valley Hoard (British Museum/PA Wire) A group of metal detectorists uncovered an ...

There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver ...

Metal detectors work by transmitting an electromagnetic field from the search coin (that round part that detectorists sweep back and forth) into the ground. If a metal object falls within the pulse, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. I began history hunting when I was four years old, and it all started ...

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 ...

In January 2019, Adam Staples and his then-partner Lisa Grace traveled to Chew Valley in Somerset, the U.K., to help a friend test their new metal detector. Walking across an unassuming field, it didn ...

A metal detecting trip led to the discovery of a Roman silver coin hoard. Michael Eakers, from Plymouth, and his friend Brian Dixon made the find while searching pasture land at North Huish near South ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A hoard of Viking Age treasure dated to around 1,000 years ago has been ...

There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver ...