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 ...

LONDON — Adam Staples knew he’d found something when his metal detector let out a beep. And then another. And another. Soon “it was just ‘beep beep, beep beep, beep beep,’” Staples said. In a farmer’s ...

Unprecedented Quality: Each bank bag contains coins in GEM BU condition—a grade indicating exceptional preservation with minimal marks. Such pristine, original bank bags are exceedingly rare and ...

The coins featured the images of Nero, Marcus Aurelius, seven other Roman emperors and two empresses, records show. Screenshot of Facebook post by Marius Mangeac (Bebe Mangeac). A metal detectorist in ...

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The romance of finding a treasure never dies. Neither does the appeal of getting in on something special and unique. When people hear about treasure troves, or cashing in on rediscovered rarities, ...

A group of metal detectorists uncovered an extraordinary hoard of 2,584 ancient coins in a Somerset field valued at £4.3million. The 11th-century coin trove, known as the Chew Valley Hoard, is now ...

What may have been a Roman soldier's monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month. British officials recently unveiled the discovery of a 1,900-year-old Roman ...

A medieval coin hoard discovered in Shropshire has been declared treasure. The 43 silver coins date from the late 12th to early 13th Centuries, during the reigns of Richard the Lionheart, King John ...