A Byzantine treasure containing 97 gold coins and jewels has been discovered, revealing the wealth and crisis of the 7th century.

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

An amateur metal detectorist discovered a buried hoard of nearly 1,500 Roman coins near Bucharest, Romania. The coins, which spanned multiple eras, were buried in a ceramic container roughly 1,700 ...

Researchers are trying to determine the identity of the shipwreck. A Canadian kid is proof that major scientific discoveries don’t always have to come from grizzled researchers with fancy equipment.

While scouring the land, something caused his metal detector to sound. After digging a little less than eight inches into the ground, Visser was met with an ancient object that was instantly ...

An amateur metal detectorist unearthed a massive Roman-era hoard buried almost 2,000 years ago. The hobbyist set out with his metal detector of choice, which he described as “average and neither cheap ...

A man who bought a metal detector to start a new hobby was left stunned when he made a 'once-in-a-lifetime' find on just his second-ever trip out with it.

Metal water bottles and take-out food are being banned at three Middlesex County high schools, as officials add metal detectors to the buildings. Woodbridge Township School District acted quickly to ...