A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

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

There have been plenty of eye-popping news stories about people using metal detectors to uncover precious artifacts—ancient coins, precious jewelry, gold nuggets, maybe even a piece of Charles I’s ...

A man with a metal detector searching a freshly plowed carrot field in Switzerland found a large ornate jewelry set dating to the Bronze Age — as well as other surprising items including a bear's ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Chris Jenkins heads to Folly Beach, Sullivan’s Island, or IOP, about four times a week. He isn’t ...

A 22-year-old college student in Denmark uncovered an ancient find that turned out to be much larger than originally thought. This past spring, Gustav Bruunsgaard, an archaeology student from Aarhus ...

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 ...

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 ...

We know the weather is getting warmer when suddenly there are more runners along the lakefront, umbrellas in backyards, beer-filled festivals and metal detectors waving across the ground. Who are ...