In this episode of Depths of History, Britain investigates a long-lost Civil War site that has remained undisturbed by relic ...

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, ...

A treasure hunter with a metal detector discovers a hoard of 5,000 coins from the 17th and early 18th centuries in eastern ...

Treasure hunter Travis Nichols pulled a bucket-list find from the sand on a popular south shore beach last week, a 1782 ...

(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 ...

A British man is about to be a millionaire after he discovered a rare King Henry VIII pendant in a field using a metal ...

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 sternpost and rudder from a 19th-century fishing vessel were discovered on Nantucket, prompting preservation efforts by ...

There's often history just beneath your feet, waiting to be discovered. A long-forgotten button, an antique coin, or even a remnant from one of the wars that shaped our country. Trying to unearth ...

A metal detector can be quite an enjoyable hobby, but it's also a genius way to come across some incredible finds in the field. It can be something which takes a lucky person a few days, or even years ...

BOONSBORO, Md. — When Sean Haardt moved to Boonsboro from Houston in 2007 to teach social studies at Middletown High School, he said he didn’t know how much history the area held. “I knew it was a ...

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 ...