Kevin Minto, a Somerset lorry driver, was scanning a field near Ilminster with a metal detector in 2018 when he pulled a ...

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After being ordered not to sit on the couch all day by a doctor, Norwegian man Erlend Bore, who picked up a metal detector as part of a hobby, found an ancient gold necklace dating back to A.D. 500.

Scavenge for gold, coins, and other buried treasure with these metal detectors, including models from Nokta and Minelab.

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls someone might have worn as showy ...

The largest surviving gold nugget found in the western hemisphere is a breathtaking nugget named The Boot of Cortez.

A metal detectorist in England found what might be the biggest gold nugget ever found in the country, worth an estimated £30,000 or around $38,000. Richard Brock unearthed the gold nugget, which ...

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

Australia’s Golden Triangle may be named for the abundance of its cereal grains, but since the 1800s, it’s been an equally fertile ground for gold prospectors. It was recently the site for a once-in-a ...

Erlend Bore poses with the trove that he found soon after buying his first metal detector. Anniken Celine Berger / University of Stavanger Earlier this year, when his doctor encouraged him to become ...

Erlend Bore was told by his doctor that he needed to get outside more. Bore bought a metal detector earlier this year as a hobby and stumbled across an archeological marvel. He discovered gold pearls, ...

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the ...