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

MUSKEGON, Mich. — When you go to Pere Marquette Park Beach in Muskegon, you might find a man named Dan Betz scouring the sand for buried treasures. Turns out, he's been doing that since 1973, almost ...

A North Carolina man has found buried treasure in Maine while on vacation. Shane Houston found a two-century-old coin buried in the dirt near a church in Embden, Maine, earlier this month as he went ...

Apr. 17—HIGH POINT — More than 40 years ago, when Rodney Joslin got his first metal detector — a cheap Sears model his parents bought him for Christmas — it "didn't do very good" at detecting buried ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's safe to say, metal detecting isn't a hobby that works for everyone. While some are out searching plowed fields for colonial relics, ...

A Hampton hobbyist who loves digging for treasure has awakened the passion of the hunt in others eager to uncover what may be hidden on their own properties. Laurence Foley, a self-professed “detector ...

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 ...

On a bright, yet blustery Saturday in April, a handful of members of the Mid Michigan Metal Detecting Club met up at Williams Township Park in Auburn. Outfitted with metal detectors, headphones, ...

Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...