The team found the deceased with scallop shelves partly covering the mouth. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It's been a good year for metal detectorists. And now there's yet another discovery to add to the list. Archaeologists in Norway have excavated a Viking Age grave of an individual bedecked in costume and jewelry, as reported by, an outlet that publishes research news from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the Scandinavian research group SINTEF.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A Canadian kid is proof that major scientific discoveries don't always have to come from grizzled researchers with fancy equipment. Two years ago, then-8-year-old Lucas Atchison went on a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park in Ontario. Armed with a metal detector he had just received as a birthday present, Atchison dutifully scanned the area, hoping to hear that coveted "beep." Eagerly digging into the site, Lucas uncovered a metal spike, which his father initially dismissed as something used to tie up boats.