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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...