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

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 ...

A North Carolina man has found buried treasure in Maine while on vacation. Shane Houston found a two-century-old coin buried in the dirt near a church in Embden, Maine, earlier this month as he went ...

17-year-old Reece Pickering found one of just three surviving silver pennies dated to Harold II's reign. Courtesy of Hansons This summer, two British teenagers wielding metal detectors separately ...

Join Si, Gappy, and Cuffs at a metal detecting rally in Essex, England, as they search for treasures from the past, including the best coin, the oldest coin, and unique artefacts. The video features a ...

A hoard of coins that were unearthed by a metal detectorist who was inspired to start history hunting by Indiana Jones are to be sold at auction with an estimate of £75,000. George Ridgway made the ...

BANTING, Selangor: On a cloudy weekday afternoon, a slightly over one-hour drive from the bustle of Kuala Lumpur, Morib Beach on Selangor’s west coast is a picture of relative calm and quiet. Aside ...

If you think of a metal detector, you’re probably thinking of a fairly simple device with a big coil and a piercing whine coming from a tinny speaker. [mircemk] has built a more modern adaptation.