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, ...

Sætre and Sørlie did everything correctly when they first found 19 silver coins in early April, earning praise from the ...

An 8-year-old boy's beach discovery near Goderich, Ontario, revealed fragments of a 19th-century shipwreck, resting for ...

A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million. By Ali Watkins The group huddled together in the farmer’s field, staring at the dozen or so ...

A metal detectorist has pleaded guilty after admitting that some of his “historic” discoveries were not actually so, per the BBC. Between September 2019 and August 2023, a series of finds were ...

In a classic example of lucky metal detectorists triggering an archaeological investigation, a group of metal detecting enthusiasts in England discovered a rare hoard of early medieval Anglo-Saxon ...

Scanning parks and beaches with one of these can be a unique and fascinating hobby.