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 ...

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object. LONDON — When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an ...

Metal detector digging is now banned at Christy Mathewson Park. At a recent Factoryville Borough Council meeting, members voted 4-2, with Bill Edwards and Elena O’Connor opposed, to not allow digging ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is enforcing prohibitions at Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary to protect its fragile habitat and ensure its role as a ...

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 ...

DOYLESTOWN – With a tool belt strapped around his waist and headphones over his ears, Scott Brown stalked his immobile prey. Three steps forward and a shuffle step to the side, he glided like a ...

An early medieval silver penny of Guthrum of East Anglia, the first silver coin minted by a Viking ruler in Britain, is displayed at the British Museum's annual treasure launch in London, Tuesday, Feb ...