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

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.

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 ...

HAMILTON, Mich. — Everyone has a "why" for the things they choose to do. When it comes to Jay Zomberg and his metal detecting hobby, the "why" is simple. "The story is what inspires me," he said. "You ...

Dear Annie: My husband has taken up what he calls a “harmless hobby”: metal detecting. Every Saturday at dawn, he straps on his headset and heads to local parks, schoolyards and -- most recently -- ...

PETOSKEY — The last two years found many people at home seeking out new hobbies like bread baking or knitting. However, one local turned to the ground for a new hobby. Petoskey local Dave Ader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two friends are beating the summer heat by using their metal detecting hobby to locate lost treasures and reunite them with their ...

An adrenaline junkie needs a farmland fix. Metal detector in hand, Andy Thaxton marches the rows and pasture of countless acres, hunting coins, keys, bullets, and bells—the final testament of ...

Elvis Presley recorded the song “Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers” in 1963. While Bill Tester can’t vouch for the latter portion of the phrase, the 74-year-old Huntington native has filled two albums ...

When Ellie Verrecchia pulled up in her car for her first metal detecting dig in the Cornish countryside, she quickly discovered she was the only woman. “I didn’t know how to hold my gear and no one ...

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 ...

Gary Bonin and Wayne Aguiar are responsible for the safe return of over 150 prized items. Two friends are beating the summer heat by using their metal detecting hobby to locate lost treasures and ...