Thanks to metal detectorists, there's been a record-breaking number of archeological finds and treasure discoveries in ...

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

A few days before Christmas several years ago, David Moss and Tom Taylor headed out with the metal detectors to do some exploring in Wales. The duo was in a field in Caerhun Community, Conwy near a ...

Metal detecting often reveals far more than expected. This film from Unearthed UK showcases curious finds hidden just beneath ...

Matt Harmon and Justin Boone are back to look ahead to the 2026 fantasy season. Boone offers up his top candidates to be ...

(RNS) — Archaeologists hope to capitalize on a local fad for metal detecting to examine pilgrimage and personal piety in areas where the written record is thin. (RNS) — Much has been written about ...

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There’s something undeniably thrilling about the hunt for hidden treasures beneath our feet. From coins with centuries of history to curious everyday relics lost to time, metal detecting captures the ...

MAINE — A man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. Shane Houston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was on a ...

As Christina McCree turns the pages of a book that documents her successful metal detecting searches over the years, she can’t help but smile. Her “Book of Smiles” holds a closeup photograph of each ...