A metal detector hobbyist discovered a centuries’ old coin while scouring an abandoned sports field—and the coin is especially rare for the area. In the southern Australian province of Victoria, ...

Armed with a metal detector and centuries-old legends, the hunt for pirate treasure begins along a historic coastline. Stories of buried loot and hidden caches have circulated for generations. Each ...

Ever thought of going hunting for gold on the beach? Rising gold prices and affordable detection gear are driving a quiet boom for metal detecting in Korea.

Metal detecting hobbyist John Briare discovered an active 19th-century Civil War cannonball on Feb. 7 in North Myrtle Beach after visiting his family from ...

‘I felt embarrassed starting metal detecting’: Meet the mother-of-two helping change the male-dominated field - Ellie Verrecchia, known as Miss Detectorist on social media, aims to encourage more ...

$4 Million Treasure Unearthed by a 4-Year-Old Boy While Messing Around With His Dad's Metal Detector ...

Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

Ezra and Eli Lane discovered a hoard of nine corn whiskey jugs buried for roughly 150 years, with the prize worth several thousand dollars.

A metal detectorist uncovered a rare 19th-century Japanese coin at an Australian Gold Rush campsite near Ballarat, calling the discovery "extremely rare." ...

After a couple found a cannonball in North Myrtle Beach, they turned the artifact over to police. Could beachcombers take a cannonball home?