A volunteer metal detectorist discovered a 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin in Germany. Found in a field in Saxony, the nearly pure gold coin is now considered the oldest ever found in the region.

The gold coin unearthed by a metal detectorist in a field in Gundorf, northwest of Leipzig in Germany, may be small, but it belies a considerable history. The Saxon State Office of Archaeology, to ...

I've always been fascinated by old coin collections and the stories they hold. Sometimes, what looks like a simple stash of coins passed down through generations can unexpectedly turn into something ...

A German metal detectorist located a massive Roman silver hoard in 2017, but for the last eight years, he’s kept it hidden from government officials. Made public this year, the hoard was illegally ...

Pieces once traded during the Greek and Roman eras or salvaged from Spanish shipwrecks continue to be popular with artisans ...

The hundreds of silver coins were found over the summer on a shipwreck that is believed to have been part of a lost fleet of up to a dozen Spanish treasure ships known today as the 1715 Fleet, ...

Found in a field in Saxony, the nearly pure gold coin is now considered the oldest ever found in the region. Dubbed a “rainbow cup,” the coin still bears distinguishing designs. Like a treasure at the ...

Florida’s “Treasure Coast” continues to prove its name fits, with wreck divers reporting the discovery of 1,051 silver coins and five gold coins on the seafloor. The 300-year-old coins were found over ...