A 800-year-old cache of gold jewelry and silver coins was discovered in northern Germany. And where there’s newly unearthed gold, there’s quite likely an amateur metal detectorist who located it.

Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold jewelry have been discovered in Israel, mysteriously thrown away centuries ago in a Byzantine garbage dump. The excavation site is located on the ...

Bronze rings uncovered from the excavation site, located on the outskirts of the ancient Israeli city of Arsuf. ASSAF PERETZ/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY Hundreds of ancient coins, oil lamps and gold ...