People have been pursuing the “hobby of kings” for over 2,000 years. Coin collecting, or numismatics, is a timeworn hobby, often passed down through generations. While collecting coins provides a ...

Zach Moore, a diver and engineer for Mel Fisher’s Treasures in Key West, holds the rare gold coin he found July 16, 2021, while searching the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1622. Amy Tripp ...

Packing a warm jacket and hat to ward off the December chill, Kristie Cowling hiked among thick pines and rocky outcroppings above 7,000 feet in California’s Sierra Nevada – increasingly hopeful that ...

SEBASTIAN — A local treasure hunter working on the Nuestra de Atocha Spanish galleon shipwreck in the Florida Keys has found an exceedingly rare Atocha gold coin. Engineer and diver Zach Moore, who is ...

Here’s one more job that isn’t as easy as before: coin-roll hunting. When Pamela Little, a stay-at-home mother of three from Concord, N.C., goes on the hunt, she has her iPad, a magnifying glass—and ...

With the run-up continuing in precious metals, let's circle back to the topic of gold. Over the past year, gold has increased in price more than 60%, hitting never-before-seen levels, and is currently ...