A trove of gold and silver artifacts worth an estimated $1.6 million was discovered in Staffordshire, England, by a hobbyist with a store-bought metal detector, according to an announcement made ...

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.

If you think of a metal detector, you’re probably thinking of a fairly simple device with a big coil and a piercing whine coming from a tinny speaker. [mircemk] has built a more modern adaptation.