A metal detectorist made an incredible discovery in 2025 that dates back 2,000 years to the time of Roman Emperor Hadrian.
\n\nOliver Riedl is a licensed metal detectorist who was using the device when he uncovered 934 Roman silver coins in a field near Wesseling, Germany, Fox News reported Sunday.
\n\n22 September 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn: Roman coins are on display at the LVR State Museum. On an ordinary field near Wesseling, south of Cologne, Riedl, a family man, discovered a treasure from Roman times. He was using a metal detector there when he suddenly came across one silver coin after another. (Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images)
\n\nHe suspected there were more coins under the dirt when the device kept beeping, and Riedl wasted no time in alerting authorities to what he had found.
\n\nImages showed the coins after they were cleaned up and polished. Some of the denarii feature portraits and birds:
\n\nOfficials did not announce the discovery until recently and said it weighed over six pounds.
\n\nPopular Mechanics reported October 5:
\n\nAccording to a translated report from the museum, the oldest coin in the hoard was minted in 148 B.C.E. At the time it was buried, the…
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