A 800-year-old cache of gold jewelry and silver coins was discovered in northern Germany. And where there’s newly unearthed gold, there’s quite likely an amateur metal detectorist who located it.

Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold jewelry have been discovered in Israel, mysteriously thrown away centuries ago in a Byzantine garbage dump. The excavation site is located on the ...

Though excavations have been taking place at the site for nearly 30 years, this most recent discovery was initially made by metal detectorist Eddie Lipsman. "The device went crazy. I couldn't believe ...

Bronze rings uncovered from the excavation site, located on the outskirts of the ancient Israeli city of Arsuf. ASSAF PERETZ/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold ...

Hundreds of coins, intact lamps and even ancient gold jewelry have been found in Israel, curiously discarded hundreds of years ago in a Byzantine garbage dump. Archaeologists have been excavating the ...