He spends hours online researching “hot spots” and even spent our anniversary trip scanning the landscape for “promising terrain.” ...

If you’re patient and have a sense of adventure, metal detecting can be an exciting way to make a little extra money on the ...

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 talk with unearthed UK, a little detecting related advice, with so much going on in the mad world of detecting its crucial that we as metal detectorists give the proper and right ...

Some people can scour the seaside for hours looking for shells and other treasures of the sea. But much more than horseshoe crabs, jellyfish and oysters wash up on the shoreline. The ocean can provide ...

As an old outdoor hobby draws new followers, metal detectors are sweeping the country. By Alexandra Marvar People have been metal detecting since 1881, when Alexander Graham Bell invented a device to ...

Uncovering a precious artefact from the ground can bring metal detectorists tantalisingly close to a historical past. How can these finds contribute to our understanding of earlier times? Alex Hunt of ...

Editor's Note: January 29, 2026: We've checked to make sure that our recommendations are still available and competitively priced. We’re in the process of testing a new round of metal detectors to ...

Armed with metal detectors, curious explorers are finding historical objects every day. For example, Bob Podhrasky, COO, senior vice president, and director of engineering at metal detector ...