There’s something weirdly satisfying about watching someone wave a metal detector around and actually find something other than an old soda tab. Some folks dig up rusty nails. Others? Ancient coins, ...

Beaches constantly rearrange history, burying and revealing objects based on tides, storms, and time. Sand crabs are signs of ...

On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their scanners led them to an ornate 24cm dagger covered in stars and crescent ...

Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past. The 64-year-old history teacher and conventional archeologist in Keystone Heights has his sights on finding Seminole War Fort No.

A group of metal detecting friends have uncovered two wartime artillery shells in suburban parks 10km apart. The most recent ...

Simon Weller, his nine-year-old daughter and 79-year-old dad made the find while metal detecting. Funeral director Jason Price "deceived thousands" of people by planting the Leasingham horse brooch.

The British Museum released its annual tally of archaeological items found by the public — and the newest list is record-setting, the museum said this week. Overall, 53,490 archaeological discoveries ...

A metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England, has unearthed a gold Bronze Age dress fastener, according to a recent report from the British Museum. Jonathan Needham, a 54-year-old retired tree ...

Metal detecting is getting popular fast in Santa Clarita Valley. Once seen as an old hobby, it’s now modern, exciting, and tech-friendly. More people are buying metal detectors and heading outside.