Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the origins ...

A group of metal detectorists searching fields in Księżpol found ancient silver coins, including a rare one, officials said and photos show. Google Street View June ...

An archaeological dig has uncovered two ancient Roman coins, among other remains, on a small island that measures just 3 miles in length. The coins are a silver "Antoninianus" dated to A.D. 255 that ...

Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments, an organization dedicated to the protection of ancient artifacts in Poland, revealed the discovery of various treasures, including silver coins, and among ...

A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to explore Claterna, a bygone city described by ...

Buried for centuries, the coins carried the marks of time. Corrosion masked their identity and value. Cleaning them was not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week.

In a field in southern Poland, several metal detectorists searched the ground until they heard a telltale beep. What they found — a rare ancient Roman treasure and several other artifacts — surprised ...