A Finnish metal detectorist has uncovered what is believed to be the country's largest known Viking Age silver coin hoard after finding thousands of ancient coins near the village centre of Sysmä.

A man who discovered Roman silver coins in a field realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept signaling.

A metal detectorist has called finding two Bronze Age hoards in the Scottish borders within two years "quite extraordinary".

A metal detector search led to an extraordinary discovery of thousands of coins dating back about 1,000 years, revealing a ...

Steven Andrews, a metal detector hobbyist, tells The National about the moment he helped find an engagement ring that was lost after flying off the bride's finger during a wedding ceremony on the ...

Have you ever crossed a muddy field and wondered what might be hiding just under your feet? In North Wales, a faint signal from a metal detector led David Moss and Ian Nicholson to what may become one ...

An eight-year-old wielding a metal detector has discovered a nearly two-century-old shipwreck in Ontario, Canada. During a family trip to the Point Farms Provincial Park near Goderich in 2023, Lucas ...