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

Dear Annie: My husband has taken up what he calls a “harmless hobby”: metal detecting. Every Saturday at dawn, he straps on ...

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Jim McClellan is trying to change the face of metal detecting. "To most people, someone using a metal detector conjures images of an old guy in a trucker’s hat scavenging for beer and cigarette money.

Metal detecting -- the hobby that pays! So says Bounty Hunter Metal Detectors, as seen here in full hyperbolic glory at CES 2009. Nothing more, only that this is the awesomest poster I've seen so far ...

A trove of gold and silver artifacts worth an estimated $1.6 million was discovered in Staffordshire, England, by a hobbyist with a store-bought metal detector, according to an announcement made ...

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.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Advocates call it a "wholesome hobby." But the city says metal detecting, and the temporary unearthing of plugs of grass that comes with it, is ruining parkland. Like famed ...

I brought my metal detector on our summer vacation—we drove from Washington, D.C., to Maine—hoping to add fun and profit to our holiday. As I packed it in the trunk for the trip home, my normally ...

We spent weeks testing the best metal detectors on the market. Here are our top six picks. Purchasing one of the best metal detectors is the first step to kicking off your exciting new hobby. These ...

A metal detectorist uncovered a rare 19th-century Japanese coin at an Australian Gold Rush campsite near Ballarat, calling ...