Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of times when he found a bent clump of metal in a friend’s barley field. He ...

Since 1241, Danes who stumble across a "treasure trove" have been ordered by law to hand their findings over to the crown. Now, almost a thousand years later, that mandate has morphed into a law ...

The metal detecting outing turned into a competition for the oldest coin. An abandoned school provided the perfect testing ground. Each signal raised the stakes. History decided the winner.

The coins — believed to be from the 980s — were discovered in a Danish cornfield last autumn Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday. The rare trove -- lying in two spots ...

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 ...