The Vikings were crazy for silver. It was a hallmark of wealth, hoarded in the form of cigar-shaped ingots and woven into intricate neck-rings. The problem was that scarcely any silver was mined in ...

The discovery recontextualizes what many people believe about Vikings. New research into a Viking silver hoard discovered by metal detectorists in England over a decade ago has revealed surprising ...

A group of amateur archaeologists in Denmark found a Viking silver hoard. The loot of 300 items includes ancient coins, silver balls, and a ring pin. The people who discovered the trove were on a ...

A hoard of Viking Age treasure dated to around 1,000 years ago has been discovered by metal detectorists. John Crowe and David O'Hare uncovered the hoard in May this year while metal detecting on the ...

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The 1,000-year-old cahce contained more than 200 artifacts. In Germany, a metal detectorist has unearthed a 1,000-year-old Viking hoard which contains more than 200 artifacts, including what may be ...

Two metal detectoristswho stole an ancient Viking hoard “of national importance” from a British field have been jailed after a judge ruled they had cheated the public out of what should have been ...

Outside a town in western Denmark, an archaeology student armed with a metal detector discovered a Viking hoard. Screengrab from Moesgaard Museum's Facebook video An archaeology student brought his ...