Two hikers stumbled upon a small aluminum can in a forested area of the Czech Republic that contained nearly 600 gold coins.

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed ancient gold at a former Christian monastery in the Judean Desert. The announcement was made by Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the ...

It was a trove of art, jewelry, and history.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Just because you’re not looking for buried treasure doesn’t mean you won’t find it. Case in point: In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man earlier this year discovered a gold treasure worth $800,000 while digging a swimming pool in his garden in France, local ...

“Ownership of a treasure belongs to the one who finds it on their own property.” This line from the French civil code, written in 1804, became more than just a legal curiosity for one resident of ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that’s been described as the greatest lost treasure in U.S. history is about to make its public debut in California after ...

A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its ...

There is something deeply human about the idea of buried gold. It taps into a part of our brain that no amount of rational ...