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 ...

Minority students in a high-poverty neighborhood are more likely to pass through a metal detector on the way to class than their better-off and white peers are, even if the schools are equally safe, ...

Metal detecting is getting popular fast in Santa Clarita Valley. Once seen as an old hobby, it’s now modern, exciting, and tech-friendly. More people are buying metal detectors and heading outside.

OXFORD, Miss. – Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming. New ...

(RNS) — Archaeologists hope to capitalize on a local fad for metal detecting to examine pilgrimage and personal piety in areas where the written record is thin. (RNS) — Much has been written about ...

If you're like most people, you have a hobby that keeps you busy whenever you have downtime. Whether that's collecting highly valuable retro video games or going hiking with your favorite tech gadgets ...