What’s really hiding beneath all that thick river grass? In this adventure, we go scuba diving with our underwater metal detectors to uncover whatever treasures—or surprises—lie below. You won’t ...

Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

Forget diamond mines and sunken pirate ships – the real treasure hunting happens at TROSA Thrift Store in Durham, North Carolina, where everyday explorers unearth retail gold without needing a metal ...

India’s war on gold smuggling resembles a balloon: squeeze one end and bulges pop up elsewhere. When New Delhi slashed the ...

In small-scale and artisanal mining, mercury is used extensively to extract gold. In this practice, the gold reacts with ...

In recent years, colloidal metal particles—especially gold and silver nanoparticles—have emerged as critical components in ...

A 27-year-old man from Australia gained traction on social media after sharing what a day in his life, living full time aboard a catamaran, looks like. Then he brought out his metal detector and ...

A Viking-age rock crystal jar previously owned by a bishop which was part of a hoard found by a metal detectorist is to go on public display for the first time later this year. The jar is part of the ...

Years after hearing rumors of a gold vein lost beneath a remote Alabama bridge, we finally investigate it ourselves. The site is dangerous, eerie, and full of untold secrets. With metal detectors in ...

Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of ...

The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...

On the Isle of Man, a metal detectorist has discovered a squished fragment of a 11th-century Viking treasure: a piece of an intricately woven gold bracelet..