A professional treasure hunter has been charged in the theft of the 37 gold coins stolen from the wreckage of the 1715 ...

Florida authorities recovered a collection of gold coins from an 18th-century Spanish convoy that was stolen in 2015. The 37 ...

Spanish treasure ships sank off Florida’s west coast during hurricanes more than 300 years ago, leaving their spoils on the ...

It’s not a situation that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission runs into frequently; investigators with the commission ...

The fifth-century artifact was found in the ruins of a structure that may have been connected to the military. Historians ...

The gold items are from the 1715 Fleet, a collection of Spanish treasure ships that sank during a hurricane off Florida’s ...

The intact burial—unearthed on this day in 1922—contained a "wonderful" cache of objects linked to the ancient Egyptian ...

A mysterious artifact dug up in England has caused the minds of several researchers to race in different directions. The item ...

It is likely that the techniques employed in Chinese cloisonné came from the Near East. The tradition of enriching metal ...

A document held in Göttingen University's Faculty of Humanities has been revealed as an 18th century forgery. The document ...

In the 18th century, it is believed people used to conceal dried cats to protect their homes from evil spirits.