Redditors recently revealed their best finds while metal detecting, from a full safe with passports and money to numerous pieces of jewelry. The viral Reddit post, titled, "People who metal detect on ...

Talk about the find of a lifetime. A metal detector enthusiast in England has stumbled upon a treasure trove of silver coins believed to be 1,000 years old and worth about $60,000. Fifty-year-old Don ...

A metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England, has unearthed a gold Bronze Age dress fastener, according to a recent report from the British Museum. Jonathan Needham, a 54-year-old retired tree ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Stephen Patterson admits he's easily distracted by shiny objects. "You never know what you're standing on, what's right underneath the surface," said Patterson, who took ...

An adrenaline junkie needs a farmland fix. Metal detector in hand, Andy Thaxton marches the rows and pasture of countless acres, hunting coins, keys, bullets, and bells—the final testament of ...

(RNS) — Archaeologists hope to capitalize on a local fad for metal detecting to examine pilgrimage and personal piety in areas where the written record is thin. (RNS) — Much has been written about ...

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In any discussion of metal detectors, you're likely to run across the name Garrett. Are they worth the money, though? Here's what owners think.

Full-size metal detectors are great for narrowing down a region to start digging through. But what if you had a smaller metal detector that could pinpoint the location? Then you could spend far less ...

Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a small handheld metal detector to help doctors locate hidden orthopedic screws and remove them from patients' bodies. Inspired by the device used to find ...

Tiny deviations: the new metal detector looks for minute disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field. (Courtesy: iStock/muffinmaker) A compact, low-cost and low-power metal detector that can identify the ...