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

There's often history just beneath your feet, waiting to be discovered. A long-forgotten button, an antique coin, or even a remnant from one of the wars that shaped our country. Trying to unearth ...

Treasure hunting is not unlike finding a stud in your walls. Rather than a stud finder, you just need a metal detector. Whereas finding treasure once meant locating an “X” on an ancient map, today’s ...

For most of us, the fantasy of finding buried treasure faded away along with other childhood passions, like my youthful ambition to set a Guinness World Record for building the world’s largest pillow ...