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

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, ...

ADELAIDE, Australia, July 1, 2025 /CNW/ -- Minelab is proud to announce the launch of the GOLD MONSTER 2000, a fully automatic gold detector engineered to deliver more precision, more depth, and more ...

Is it time to give that much-maligned hobby, metal detecting, its due? Terry Herbert, 55, a jobless man on welfare, used his metal detector on a Staffordshire field to find a valuable hoard of ancient ...

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

After being ordered not to sit on the couch all day by a doctor, Norwegian man Erlend Bore, who picked up a metal detector as part of a hobby, found an ancient gold necklace dating back to A.D. 500.

Australia’s Golden Triangle may be named for the abundance of its cereal grains, but since the 1800s, it’s been an equally fertile ground for gold prospectors. It was recently the site for a once-in-a ...

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the ...

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls someone might have worn as showy ...