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 ...

There’s something undeniably thrilling about the hunt for hidden treasures beneath our feet. From coins with centuries of history to curious everyday relics lost to time, metal detecting captures the ...

I feel like every child dreams of uncovering buried treasure at some point in their lives. For me, as a child who spent a lot of time in Florida growing up, I was always digging for pirate booty.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) - They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and that rings true for a couple who started a metal detecting non profit 10 years ago. Casey and Mindy Oberreuter created ...

As Christina McCree turns the pages of a book that documents her successful metal detecting searches over the years, she can’t help but smile. Her “Book of Smiles” holds a closeup photograph of each ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

SCITUATE, MASS. (WHDH) - A good Samaritan who helps people with missing jewelry used his metal detector to locate a mother of three’s wedding ring that went missing while she was playing on a beach in ...

(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 ...

Ellie Verrecchia, known as Miss Detectorist on social media, aims to encourage more women to join the traditionally male-dominated pastime, Alex Ross writes ...

Just days after it was revealed that a man with a metal detector made the "gold find of the century" in Norway, a family in the country has made another unprecedented discovery using the same kind of ...