Scanning parks and beaches with one of these can be a unique and fascinating hobby.

A keen metal detectorist has hit the jackpot of an ancient Roman coin hoard - 20 years after he first took up his hobby. Steve Dean, along with friends Glenn Church and Ed Denovan, discovered the ...

Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

Treasure hunting is not unlike finding a stud in your walls. Rather than a stud finder, you just need a metal detector. Whereas finding treasure once meant locating an “X” on an ancient map, today’s ...

Sætre and Sørlie did everything correctly when they first found 19 silver coins in early April, earning praise from the municipality.

NEW YORK — A man using a metal detector discovered a centuries-old Dutch coin on the southern coast of Poland earlier this week, museum officials announced. The coin, a golden ducat, is from the ...

Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past. The 64-year-old history teacher and conventional archeologist in Keystone Heights has his sights on finding Seminole War Fort No.

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Metal detectors come in all shapes and sizes, with different capabilities. And these are some from Harbor Freight.