A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon.

But thanks to the strenuous efforts of his grandson, the promise was kept, and a Japanese sword in the U.S. veteran’s possession was returned to the family of a former enemy combatant after a ...

Rafał Proszowski and Mariusz Lampa were searching for World War II-era artifacts in the snowy woods of the Polish Jura when their metal detectors revealed an unexpected—and much rarer—item. Instead of ...

They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older ... digging and soon unearthed a rusty ancient Roman sword, officials said. The ancient Roman sword as ...