When you picture a metal detector, you probably imagine a device that has a long shaft with something that looks like a small steering wheel attached to the bottom end. The user walks along the beach, ...

Consumer-grade metal detectors can help you discover everything from buried treasure to loose change or hidden wiring. Many people enjoy spending hours sweeping over beaches or abandoned property in ...

Metal detecting has been a popular hobby for decades, and there are a lot of success stories associated with it. Amateur metal detectorists have discovered priceless ancient relics, valuable coins, ...

On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their scanners led them to an ornate 24cm dagger covered in stars and crescent ...

Modern smartphones are packed with a wide range of sensors, and their magnetometer can successfully identify certain kinds of ...

Almost every place we enter these days, there’s a metal detector waiting for us to walk through it. While these detectors are ...

North Carolina school systems are exploring metal detectors and new-fangled weapons detection systems to keep guns out of schools. But several experts caution those systems may not be worth the ...