A gold brooch worth £10,000 which could have been lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight has been found 800 years later - by a metal detectorist in a pea field. Gintaras Beimavicius found the 13th ...

A metal detectorist swept their device across the ground of eastern Poland. The device beeped at one spot, then another and then a third. Treasure after treasure reemerged. The metal detectorist, who ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a rare 2,000-year-old brooch - and first mistook the Roman artefact for a children’s toy. Martin Williams discovered the decorative bronze item just 15 minutes into ...

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