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

A piece of Japanese currency typically wouldn’t have a reason to show up in Australia. But the 1800s gold rush brought ...

Talk about the find of a lifetime. A metal detector enthusiast in England has stumbled upon a treasure trove of silver coins believed to be 1,000 years old and worth about $60,000. Fifty-year-old Don ...

Rare coins can go for hundreds of pounds, if not more. Certain designs are worth more than others, while some could sell for double its face value. Now a group of people managed to find a huge stash ...

A lucky treasure hunter has discovered a £23,000 hoard of silver coins with a metal detector he won in a raffle. Novice Mickey Richardson had only been using the metal detector for three months when ...

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday. The rare trove -- lying in two spots ...

The lucky treasure hunter says he knows what he is going to spend the money on A NOVICE treasure hunter who won a metal detector in a raffle unearthed a hoard of rare coins just three months later.

Join me as I venture In Search of Britain’s Past with a Metal Detector. In this video, I introduce the fascinating world of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EMBDEN, Maine (AP) — A man with a metal ...