The Isle of Man was colonized by the Vikings in 798, an ideal port from which they could launch naval attacks, open trade ...

A metal detectorist discovered a rare gold coin from the seventh century in an English field. The coin is the first schilling ...

A metal detectorist has discovered a 1,000-year-old Viking gold arm-ring on the Isle of Man, now on view at Manx Museum.

An amateur metal detectorist found an 18th-century ring in a field in Norfolk (England) that has links to the British ...

Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...

A metal detectorist who discovered a gold mourning ring dating from the 18th century is overjoyed after it was declared a ...

On the Isle of Man, a metal detectorist has discovered a squished fragment of a 11th-century Viking treasure: a piece of an ...

If you can’t afford the Golden Beauty, a second nugget is also on the auction block. It weighs in at 15.52 ounces, just over ...

A rare 1,000-year-old Viking gold arm ring, discovered by metal detectorist Ronald Clucas on the Isle of Man, has been ...

Tyler Mahoney, also from Kalgoorlie in WA, is a fourth-generation gold prospector. She sold a mammoth nugget for a cool ...

Metal detectorist Sverre Næsheim visited a farm in Hovland in 2019 and unearthed an ancient gold item known as a “gullgubbe,” ...