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

Join Heath Jones from the History Seekers as he metal detects a forgotten 1800s wagon road deep in the woods of Alabama. Armed with his Minelab Equinox 800, he unearths Civil War-era relics, a silver ...

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 ...

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 ...

An amateur metal detectorist discovered a buried hoard of nearly 1,500 Roman coins near Bucharest, Romania. The coins, which spanned multiple eras, were buried in a ceramic container roughly 1,700 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's safe to say, metal detecting isn't a hobby that works for everyone. While some are out searching plowed fields for colonial relics, ...

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 metal detectorist searching a field in Somerset has uncovered a spectacular Roman gold ring that lay buried for nearly ...