A return trip to the cave and old mine we discovered yields a few promising finds! We break out the Garrett metal detectors and do a bit of metal detecting. We find one item that leads me to believe ...

During a 2022 archaeological survey in July 2022 at nearly century-old concrete tent pads on South Post at Fort McCoy, the installation's archaeological team found dozens and dozens of artifacts ...

A trove of gold and silver artifacts worth an estimated $1.6 million was discovered in Staffordshire, England, by a hobbyist with a store-bought metal detector, according to an announcement made ...

Jack Poole has found the perfect hobby: Metal detecting. “It’s the only hobby I’ve ever had that pays me back,” he said. Poole has owned Treasure Finders, a metal detecting supply store in Fort Walton ...

Have you ever wondered what might be hidden underground? A metal detectorist can help with that! Bruce Ratkowski is a local metal detectorist who travels the state finding homeowners who want their ...

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday. The rare trove -- lying in two spots ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their ...

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 ...