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He went for a walk and discovered some gold bracelets. Over three-quarters of a kilo of Viking gold

On a country lane near the Danish town of Rold, a local resident spotted something glinting. He discovered two gold bracelets that were partially protruding from the ground. He reported the find, and a subsequent metal-detector survey uncovered a further four gold bracelets. They are among the largest Viking gold finds in Denmark. They have now been put on public display.

Silver Hoard: Metal detectorists have found the largest Viking hoard in Norway. More coins are still being discovered

In the spring, two friends using metal detectors discovered 19 silver coins in eastern Norway. They reported the find and, together with archaeologists, spent several weeks excavating thousands more coins. The hoard gradually grew to become Norway’s largest Viking-era coin hoard.

A hoard of gold and silver dating from the Second World War was discovered whilst a house was being built

Construction workers in Włocławek, Poland, have discovered a hoard comprising almost 400 valuable items. These include precious stones, gold and silver jewellery, cutlery, watches, parts of candlesticks, gold coins and securities.

He found a Roman denarius with his metal detector; in the end, there were 45 of them, plus a gold ring

The find comes from the vicinity of the Tofta military training area on Gotland. Archaeologists were carrying out research there in connection with the expansion of the military base. The first coins were discovered by metal detectorist Daniel Klintholm of the Swedish Armed Forces.

A metal detectorist found three kilos of Roman denarii

Amateur archaeologist Oliver Riedl has discovered a hoard of nearly a thousand silver Roman denarii in a field near Wesseling in Germany. Weighing over 3 kilograms, it is the largest hoard from that period ever found in Germany. 

Celtic silver coins of the Prague type have been found beneath a former sports ground in Thuringia

Archaeologists in the Thuringian village of Singen have found 2,000-year-old Celtic silver coins – known as ‘quinarii’. They made the discovery whilst carrying out excavations beneath a former sports ground, where a new fire station is due to be built.

He discovered a 3,000-year-old grave containing bracelets in the garden of his own house

Whilst carrying out excavation work on the grounds of a house in Uzbekistan, a local resident came across human remains and a large collection of elaborately decorated bronze jewellery. Archaeologists have provisionally dated them to the Late Bronze Age.

He was working in a field when he found a gold signet ring belonging to a noblewoman

Experts have managed to acquire a rare 14th-century gold signet ring. It was found by a local resident whilst carrying out farm work near Zlatograd in Bulgaria. It is believed to have belonged to the Byzantine aristocrat Maria Skulena.

She found a gold reliquary cross using a metal detector. “It’s a dream find,” she said

During a mass metal-detecting event on the Isle of Sheppey, Shelley Couzins found a beautiful golden medieval cross. She says that when she’s out searching, she usually just digs up rubbish. This time she was in luck; the cross also turned out to be the find of a lifetime.

A metal detectorist has discovered thousands of silver Viking coins. He has broken the national record

Finnish metal detectorist Kalle Lappinen has made the find of a lifetime. In a wood near the town of Sysmä, he stumbled upon a huge hoard of silver coins and other objects from the Late Iron Age. It is the largest Viking coin hoard ever discovered in Finland.

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