It's beach season in Florida: Some people surf, tan, build sand castles ... But if you're in the Treasure Coast, it's a great opportunity to seek buried treasure. You may have seen people with metal ...

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

The DuPont City Council has banned unauthorized digging and excavating in city parks and property, as well as using metal detectors for that purpose. The unanimous vote came Tuesday. Although local ...

On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their scanners led them to an ornate 24cm dagger covered in stars and crescent ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It was the perfect day for finding treasures as a group of metal-detecting enthusiasts gathered on Midland Beach on Sunday, bathed in warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. More than ...

The popularity of this activity among British women has surged in recent years. What used to be seen as a somewhat quirky ...

LONDON (AP) — When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special. In his hand was a silver penny minted during the reign of ...

There’s something undeniably thrilling about the hunt for hidden treasures beneath our feet. From coins with centuries of history to curious everyday relics lost to time, metal detecting captures the ...

Thanks to metal detectorists, there's been a record-breaking number of archeological finds and treasure discoveries in ...