The small gold lock mechanism discovered in northwest Germany (Image credit: LWL / S. Brentführer) A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a 1,600-year-old miniature gold lock that's one of ...

A Roman gold miniature padlock, found in 2023 by a licensed metal detectorist in Petershagen, near the border with Lower Saxony is set to go on display. Measuring only 11 by 12 millimeters ...

But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story. Historians tell Insider the era touted for discovery and expansion is actually responsible for one of the bloodies periods in US history - a ...