When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A selection of the 15th-century silver and gold coins found at the Cappercleuch site in Scotland.

Some used pandemic downtime to learn how to crochet or brew a batch of kombucha. In Scotland, many escaped the boredom of lockdown restrictions by taking up metal detecting—so much so the country’s ...

DUNSCORE, SCOTLAND—A hoard of silver coins was discovered last year by metal detectorists in a field in southwestern Scotland, according to a Live Science report. The metal detectorists reported the ...

One vessel in the hoard had Zoroastrian religious symbols. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. They were wrong. A new analysis of the ...

CAPPERCLEUCH, SCOTLAND—Two amateur metal detectorists searching an area in the Scottish Borders region chanced upon what is being called the “find of a lifetime,” according to a report in The Scotsman ...