Now that's a Christmas gift for the ages. A 7-year-old boy in Scotland discovered the remains of a World War II grenade on a beach in the Scottish Highlands, courtesy of the metal detector he got for ...

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 ...

History in the River Valley covers the Civil War, the days of cowboys and outlaws, and beyond. Artifacts from these eras can be left behind and forgotten by time, but metal detectorists like to seek ...