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 ...

A man searching a field in Cardiff with a metal detector uncovered a broken Bronze Age sword, archaeologists said. Photo shows a representative field in Wales. Photo from Sebastian Herrmann via ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, photos show. Photo from the Fries Museum On a farm in the Netherlands, a ...

Metal detectorists searching a snowy forest in Poland for World War II artifacts uncovered an older and rarer weapon, photos show. Photo from the Inventum Association A pair of metal detectorists ...

From the first coin discovered in an ancient hoard to the first stone of a medieval wall, many major archaeological discoveries stem from one initial find. In the United Kingdom, a recent catalyst of ...

A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon. Undeterred by ...