Just What the Doctor Ordered: Norwegian Metal Detectorist Unearths Gold Find of the Century

Earlier this year, Erlend Bore’s doctor told him he needed a hobby, anything to get the 51-year-old Norwegian man off the couch and moving. So Bore bought a metal detector – and promptly stumbled across Norway’s most stunning gold find in a century. In August, Bore unearthed nine coin-like gold pendants engraved with rare horse […]

Henry III Gold Penny

A penny for your thoughts. In September 2021 during a search on some farmland in Devon, a county in southwest England, amateur metal detectorist Michael Leigh-Mallory unearthed a small, very old gold coin. Leigh-Mallory thought he had something but wasn’t sure what, so he posted a photo of the coin on Facebook. A numismatist from […]

What Looked Like a Can of Herring, Turned Out to Be Gold

An amateur treasure hunter out for a casual day of using his new metal detector in the Danish countryside uncovered a stash of 22 gold medallions inscribed with mystical symbols, the Danish government recently announced. The gold artifacts are thought to be 1,500 years old, dating back to the Iron Age. First-time treasure hunter Ole […]

We Really Have to Buy a Metal Detector — and Travel to England 

England never fails to produce for amateur metal detectives and history buffs. This year, armed only with a metal detector, a man found a gold and garnet fitting that would have been used on a sword made in the 6th or 7th century. The adornment, which helped keep swords in their sheath, was likely lost […]

Arrr, Matey! Coin Discovery May Prove Murderous Pirate Escaped to New England 

It was the first “worldwide” manhunt and one of the oldest unsolved mysteries of the ages: No one knew what happened to the murderous English pirate Capt. Henry Every after he led a deadly ambush in 1695 of the Ganj-i-Sawai, a royal ship owned by Indian emperor Aurangzeb. The ship was carrying worshipers returning from […]

Treasure Found in Maine 

A North Carolina man brought a metal detector with him when he went on vacation early this month in Maine. He found something more than just nails when using it near a church in the town of Embden. Treasure hunter Shane Houston uncovered a 222-year-old copper coin buried in the dirt. The penny is dated […]