Dutch 27-Year-Old Finds 1000-Year-Old Medieval Treasure Using Metal Detector

An avid metal detective since the age of 10, the 27-year-old is all grown up and now a professional historian.

By Blake Isbell

15 March 91 Views

800-Year-Old Gold Hoard with Stunning Earrings Unearthed in Germany

The rings, earrings, and a brooch, all studded with gems, were deliberately buried along with 30 silver coins and a fake Islamic brooch.

By Blake Isbell

13 March 78 Views

Stolen Trove of Angkor Royal Jewelry Returned to Cambodia After Resurfacing in London

Many of the nation's historical treasures are returning after being stolen during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

By Blake Isbell

22 February 75 Views

Biggest Coin Hoard in a Decade Worth $180,000 Discovered During "Metal Detecting Rally" In British Countryside

On the first day they found 276 silver coins and 9 gold coins, and all admit they barely slept due to excitement.

By Blake Isbell

13 February 79 Views

Metal Detectorist Unearths Pristine Gold Pendant Linked to Henry VIII-With Initials of Katherine of Aragon

What it was doing buried in a field in Warwickshire, and what its connection was to the King, are questions that as of now have no answer. 

By Blake Isbell

07 February 70 Views

Man Finds Surprise of a Life in His Field: 700 Coins from Civil War 'The Great Kentucky Hoard'

Consisting of $1, $10, and $20 gold liberty dollars minted between 1840 and 1863, the discovery is being called the Great Kentucky Hoard.

By Blake Isbell

12 July 66 Views

Meteorite Hunter Finds Space Debris and Crafts it into Jewelry-Millions and Billions of Years Old

A man who hunts for pieces of comets that fall to Earth has created a business by making the ancient space debris into jewelry.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 July 92 Views

Experts Begin Hunt for Most Valuable British Shipwreck in History, and the Gold Worth 4 Billion

It was returning to Dartmouth laden with treasure from Mexico amounting to at least 100,000 pounds of gold, 400 bars of Mexican silver.

By Blake Isbell

20 March 83 Views

Heaps of Gold Uncovered in 1,200-year-old Pre-Colombian Tomb in Panama

Dating to 750 to 800 CE, the individual for whom the tomb was built was probably a 40-year-old man, and has been nicknamed The Lord of Flutes

By Blake Isbell

20 March 83 Views

76,000 Gold and Silver Artifacts Recovered from Chinese River Charts Infamous 17th Century Warlord's Conquests

At the meeting of the Jin and Min rivers, the warlord's fleet was attacked, and Zhang lost his treasury worth 8.8 million pounds of silver.

By Blake Isbell

04 December 70 Views

Treasure For 3 Miles: A Scatter Trail from the Most Famous Shipwreck is Uncovered Behind the Maravillas

After years of underwater archaeology, a sprawling trail of scattered treasure has been uncovered from the Spanish shipwreck Maravillas.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 December 66 Views

Priceless Lost Jewels From Legendary Maravillas Shipwreck Are Found in Bahamas

The biggest sunken treasure of The Bahamas, lost since 1656—from the Spanish galleon Maravillas—goes on display this week for the first time.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 August 116 Views

Egypt Just Discovered 27 Sealed Coffins in An Ancient Cemetery That Were Buried 2,500 Years Ago

At Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, 27 completely sealed coffins have been unearthed. And they haven't been opened in 2,500 years.

By Jeanne Goddard

02 October 65 Views

Rare Archeological Treasures Discovered Beneath Attic Floorboards of English Tudor Mansion

Archeological treasures have just been discovered beneath the attic floorboard of a 500-year-old Tudor mansion in Norfolk, England.

By Roger Harper

11 September 69 Views

The First Time a 10-Year-old Boy Uses His Birthday Metal Detector, He Unearths a Centuries-Old Sword

Northern Ireland's Fiontann Hughes went out with a metal detector for the very first time... then he found a 300-year-old sword.

By Roger Harper

01 September 72 Views