On an island midway between the United Kingdom and Ireland, a metal detectorist swept his device over the ground. A tell-tale beep alerted him to a small metal object. It turned out to be a ...

Whether stashed by Captain Kidd or as a plot point in The Goonies, buried treasure has a certain allure to it. But while metal detecting is a well-established hobby with thousands of dedicated ...

Much of our past is buried underground. A metal detecting hobby is a fun way to uncover it. I first learned about fascinating ...

For Weale, finding the first silver coin minted by a Viking ruler in Britain was the pinnacle of decades of hunting with his metal detector in the fields and forests near his home in eastern England.