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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A father was encouraged by his children to take up his old hobby of metal detecting. On his first day using the new detector he ...

A METAL detectorist has paid off his mortgage after finding a huge treasure stash worth more than £78,000. The hoard included ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The coins were worth £10 each during their time, around £2,000 today. (SWNS) An amateur metal detectorist has unearthed a haul of ...

EMBDEN, Maine — A North Carolina man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that Shane ...

The coins — believed to be from the 980s — were discovered in a Danish cornfield last autumn A young girl made a surprising discovery while using a metal detector in Denmark: 1,000-year-old Viking ...

A routine sweep with a metal detector has led archaeologists to one of the most remarkable Byzantine-era discoveries made in ...

Former army soldier and lorry driver Kevin Minto and his friend Phil Costello unearthed the ring while they were searching ...

Michael Eakers and his friend Brian Dixon made the find while searching pasture land at North Huish.

When his children were born, Michael Leigh-Mallory gave up his passion for metal detecting. Now, 10 and 13, they encouraged him to take up the hobby again. On the first day he used his new metal ...