He'd given up metal detecting but happened to have his machine with him. Find out how one lucky detectorist made a £650,000 find here.

A gold and silver hoard near Hezingen reveals pagan rituals amid rising Christian influence in medieval Europe.

In Christian medieval iconography, monkeys are often associated with human vices, particularly lust, laziness, and pride, and ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at the location was “devil’s money,” an offering to ...

Most of the objects were found by people metal-detecting and in agricultural regions, where they could have been lost to ...

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.

A record number of treasure finds have been reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a report has found. There were 1,377 cases of treasure in 2022, an increase of 305 on the previous year, ...

An early medieval silver penny of Guthrum of East Anglia, the first silver coin minted by a Viking ruler in Britain, is ...

Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.

A dig near the hamlet of Hezingen uncovered 190 treasures at the former pagan site dating back to the 8th century, where the ...

Archaeologists recently stumbled across a medieval pagan cult site in the Netherlands where they found a bounty of treasure.