Tag: discovered

A 1,000-year-old coin linked to King Ethelred the Unready has been found in a coastal field - and it is the northernmost Anglo-Saxon coin ever found in the UK.

Coin linked to King Ethelred the Unready found in coastal field

A 1,000-year-old coin linked to King Ethelred the Unready has been found…

Karl Grafton 24 September 2026

A couple renovating their Victorian home were stunned to discover a 100-year-old haul hidden beneath the floorboards - dating all the way back to 1921.

Couple find 100-year-old TIME CAPSULE under Victorian home floorboards

A couple renovating their Victorian home were stunned to discover a 100-year-old…

Charlie Watton 22 September 2026

Construction workers accidentally uncovered a 105-million-year-old hoard of rare blue-violet amber packed with more than 1,500 preserved prehistoric creatures.

Documentary and Reportage

Road workers find rare blue amber containing 1,500 FOSSILS

Road workers strike prehistoric gold with glowing blue amber

Lee Bullen 18 September 2026

Divers have found 25 mystery structures off Cromer from a British town swallowed by the sea 700 years ago - and the discovery could debunk a famous legend.

Divers find 25 mystery features at 14th century town SWALLOWED by the sea

Divers have found 25 mystery structures off Cromer from a British town…

Will Millar 15 September 2026

A treasure hunter who was about to give up has unearthed Finland's biggest ever Viking-era hoard - thousands of silver coins stashed in two birch-bark pots.

Treasure hunter finds country’s largest ever Viking hoard of silver coins

country’s largest ever Viking hoard of silver coins

Lee Bullen 8 September 2026

A pest expert was stunned to find a 4ft monster wasp nest holding over 10,000 insects in a loft after homeowners kept waking up to wasps in their bedroom.

Nature and Wildlife

MONSTER wasp nest with 10,000 stingers found in loft

MONSTER wasp nest with 10,000 stingers found

Karl Grafton 4 September 2026

Scientists have turned a discarded plastic bottle into an edible vanilla cookie in a bizarre experiment that could one day help tackle food shortages.

Would you eat a cookie scientists 3D-printed from old plastic BOTTLES?

Scientists reveal snack of the future made from BOTTLE

News Room 27 August 2026

A homeowner renovating his house was stunned to find a mystery letter hidden behind a wall for 71 years - addressed simply to the finder.

Homeowner stunned to find 71-year-old letter hidden in wall during house renovation

Homeowner stunned to find 71-year-old letter hidden in wall

Karl Grafton 26 August 2026

Tiny sea creature spotted in British waters could be a new species, scientists say

Tiny bright sea creature spotted off British coast

Karl Grafton 25 August 2026

An ultra-rare custard and chocolate moth has been found at a British country estate 74 years after it was last seen there - sparking fresh hope for the endangered species.

Nature and Wildlife

Rare custard and chocolate moth discovered after 74 YEARS hiding at British estate

Ultra-rare ‘custard and chocolate’ moth discovered

Will Millar 18 August 2026