Underwater metal detecting led to a find we didn’t expect. Buried beneath the surface was real gold, later valued at around $5,000. The recovery was straightforward and required no police involvement.

Australias historic goldfields are experiencing a modern revival as hobbyist prospectors descend on Victorias famed golden ...

A Roman hoard containing 450 coins and silver and gold bars has been found in Borsum, buried in a border area marked by ...

An amateur metal detectorist in Norway recently discovered what archaeologists have hailed as Norway’s “gold find of the ...

In his 50 years of scouring the Isle of Man with a metal detector in hand, Ronald Clucas had never found anything like it: eight strands of gold looped neatly together. Months on from its discovery in ...

Nenana resident Beth Norman posted a cry for help on Facebook on July 22, 2021. Her adult daughter, Breland Kiefer, was swimming at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area and forgot to take off her ...

Scientists later confirmed the rock was not earthly treasure at all, but a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite, formed during the ...

In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out ...