Long Lost Vase Sold for $53,000 

After being used, among other things, as a wine cooler, a Victorian royal presentation vase and horse racing trophy known as “Her Majesty’s Vase” was sold for nearly $53,000 (40,000 pounds) on March 6, 2022. Lost for more than 177 years, the vase was commissioned by Queen Victoria and produced especially for the Plymouth, Devon […]

Treasure Hunters Beware: Digging Up Graves in Search of Treasure Is Illegal 

In the immortal words of mothers everywhere: Just don’t do it. Especially on Federal land. A Utah man searching for the famous (and now found) Forrest Fenn treasure decided to do something a little different than just look under rocks: In 2019 and early 2020, Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, dug up graves at Fort Yellowstone Cemetery. […]

Treasure Found in Unexpected Place

It looked like a pile of trash or junk jewelry to a cartographer updating a map outside a small town in western Sweden. It turned out to be a treasure trove of 2,500-year-old jewelry from the Bronze Age that was just sitting on top of some dirt. The find of about 50 ancient necklaces, bracelets […]

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 […]

Top 15 Amazing Finds: True Stories of Unexpected Treasures in Unlikely Places

Spring cleaning and thrift shopping can be pretty lucrative! We are not kidding. Over the years, we have loved sharing stories about how cleaning closets and basements and going to flea markets and thrift stores can uncover treasures. Some of our stories have included a teen who found a 1909 Marblehead Pottery piece at a […]

Antiques, Bombs, Treasure and Collectibles: Top 12 Kovels Articles From 2020

Here is a look at what you, our readers, loved the most in 2020. Included are some of our premium membership articles free for you to enjoy today. 1.  Deadly Discovery Linked to Civil War 2.   The Vocabulary of Marks 3.  More Mark Information; Lesser Known Makers of Costume Jewelry  4.  Silver Marks Identification […]

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 […]