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

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.

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 ...

"Purchased out of spite, now my family thinks I'm Indiana Jones." ...

As Christina McCree turns the pages of a book that documents her successful metal detecting searches over the years, she can’t help but smile. Her “Book of Smiles” holds a closeup photograph of each ...

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

It may not be a huge group, but metal detecting enthusiasts in the Gladstone area have more freedoms after the Parks and ...

A 13-year-old with a metal detector on the German island of Rügen managed to do what treasure hunters dream about, ...