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 ...

Archaeologists are using over a million amateur finds to study pilgrimage sites, the Black Death, and the Protestant Reformation. Much has been written about religious life in the medieval era, but ...

This was our best metal detecting field this year! So far it is our best metal detecting finds of 2021! We were searching for an Andrew Jackson War of 1812 site, but accidentally found an old silver ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — When you go to Pere Marquette Park Beach in Muskegon, you might find a man named Dan Betz scouring the sand for buried treasures. Turns out, he's been doing that since 1973, almost ...

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 ...

Join Harley and me as we go metal detecting in South Carolina, uncovering lost Colonial treasures. We explore historical ...

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For most of us, the fantasy of finding buried treasure faded away along with other childhood passions, like my youthful ambition to set a Guinness World Record for building the world’s largest pillow ...

Brian C. Rittmeyer Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 2:45 p.m. | Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 2:45 p.m. Between 100 and 150 pieces of Shaler’s coal mining history will displayed in November at the Shaler North Hills ...

The DuPont City Council has banned unauthorized digging and excavating in city parks and property, as well as using metal detectors for that purpose. The unanimous vote came Tuesday. Although local ...