This article was updated and checked for accuracy in April 2024. It was originally published in 2021. Believe it or not, metal detection is actually possible on Android phones. In fact, the first ...

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

Metal detecting at Forsyth Park in Kingston, N.Y. Penny found at Forsyth Park in Kingston by Gerald Keller, former City of Kingston Chief of Police while using a metal detector. (Tan ia ...

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 ...

As Christina McCree turns the pages of a book that documents her successful metal detecting searches over the years, she can’t help but smile. Her “Book of Smiles” holds a closeup photograph of each ...

On her third day out with a metal detector, Milly Hardwick, 13, found a hoard of items from more than 3,000 years ago. “We were just laughing our heads off,” she said. By Jenny Gross LONDON — In the ...