The Digtoise is a very helpful mining tool, especially if you can find it early on. One of the first major things you’ll need ...

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

Planning on escaping the winter weather for a beach trip? Bring this metal detector with you if you want to bring home some treasures. The Popular Mechanics gear team recommends the Minelab Vanquish ...

Between 100 and 150 pieces of Shaler’s coal mining history will displayed in November at the Shaler North Hills Library. Members of the North Pittsburgh Past Finders metal detecting club have found ...

In this episode of Depths of History, Britain and his friend Riley explore the woods of Tennessee using various metal detectors, including the Minelab X-Terra 705, X-Terra 305, Go-Find 20, 40, 60, and ...

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 ...

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.

A treasure hunter inspired by the BBC comedy Detectorists found a valuable Civil War coin haul just two months after taking up the hobby. The hoard of 16th Century and 17th Century silver coins, which ...

Some of the 16th Century and 17th Century coins found by Steve Hickman, fetched more than £1,000 each at auction A treasure hunter inspired by the BBC comedy Detectorists found a valuable Civil War ...

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 ...

On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their scanners led them to an ornate 24cm dagger covered in stars and crescent ...

The Metal Detector is a vital tool in Atomfall that you'll need to locate caches and lunch boxes buried underground, each stashed full of useful materials. Some even contain Leads or Recipes! But ...