Man found a Viking hoard using a metal detector with hacksilver, scrap silver used as bullion for weight trade, alongside cut coin fragments.

Most people today envision Vikings as battle-hardened marauders, but this caricature doesn't represent the full picture of these seafaring Scandinavians. While Vikings were certainly elite warriors ...

A metal detectorist has found two centuries-old silver artifacts from the Viking Age—a bracelet and a coin—in the same farmer's field within a day of each other. Jørgen Strande discovered the silver ...

Learn about the extent of the Viking trade network as reflected in the Bedale hoard, containing silver from Western Europe and the Middle East. Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover ...