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 ...
Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors — not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and ...