A chilling video made public Tuesday shows an Eastern Kentucky sheriff pointing a gun at a district judge sitting in his Letcher County courthouse office before shooting several times and killing him.

X-rays of the flintlock didn’t tell us a lot. The pistol is heavily encrusted good, a testament to what happens after lying 300 years in the ocean.” Conservation of the weapon may reveal a ...

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...

Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze ...