Danish Amateur Metal Detectorists Find 'Insane' 1,000-Year-Old Silver Treasure

Some of the numerous coins found on the island of Zealand were minted by Svend Estridsen, an English-born king of Denmark known for his courage on the battlefield and dozens of children he fathered out of wedlock, and Knud the Great or Canute, who ruled over what is referred to as the Northern Sea Empire.