A metal detectorist has discovered four pendants and one brooch in Donington, England, that may have been buried as antiques ...

Unlike most Anglo-Saxon gold hoards, which are typically recovered from burial contexts alongside human remains and other grave goods, these objects were found scattered across a slope with no ...

Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, silver found in Britain LONDON -- An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever ...

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A hoard of more than 100 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near Braintree, Essex, is headed to auction at Noonans Mayfair on February 21. Believed to have been buried ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STAFFORDSHIRE, England (CNN) — A decade ...

A pair of metal detectorists made the discovery of a lifetime when they unearthed a hoard of ancient coins worth around $6 million in a field in Somerset, in the West of England. The historic find, ...

Experts say the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces — the biggest and best in English archaeological history — is unparalleled in size, may date back to the 7th century and is worth “a ...

Four men were sentenced in connection with the theft in the UK on Friday. LONDON -- Four men have been found guilty and sentenced in connection to the theft of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth more ...

A decade after the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver was discovered in an English field, archaeologists are shedding new light on the origins of the treasure. The collection, which was ...