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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apr. 17—HIGH POINT — More than 40 years ago, when Rodney Joslin got his first metal detector — a cheap Sears model his parents bought him for Christmas — it "didn't do very good" at detecting buried ...

There's often history just beneath your feet, waiting to be discovered. A long-forgotten button, an antique coin, or even a remnant from one of the wars that shaped our country. Trying to unearth ...

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 ...