When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

A treasure hunter unearthed a silver coin minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander of eastern England.

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

Most of the objects were found by people metal-detecting and in agricultural regions, where they could have been lost to ...

A record number of treasure finds have been reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a report has found.

A record number of treasure finds have been reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a report has found. There were 1,377 cases of treasure in 2022, an increase of 305 on the previous year, ...

most of these coins were melted down to settle war debts," the experts wrote in an online blog. "Today, they’re a testament to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." The British government ...

Rare coin specialists are highlighting the value ... to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." During the war, the British government issued bonds to raise funds, with many US investors buying ...

in 2023, two metal detectorists unearthed a remarkably extensive and diverse haul of coins from the first century C.E. Their find—a collection of 404 gold and silver coins of Roman, British and ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British ... 2023, a pair of metal detectorists gathered at a field in the Netherlands. They’d found a few old coins at ...

The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British Celtic King Cunobelin were ... managed to find dozens of 1,000-year-old Viking silver coins, dating from AD 1000 to 1065, on the Isle ...

Of the more than 400 coins, 116 were gold. These gold coins included 72 Roman aurei dating from 19 B.C. to A.D. 47, as well as 44 gold alloy coins, called staters, that were minted in Britain. The ...