Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past. The 64-year-old history teacher and conventional archeologist in Keystone Heights has his sights on finding Seminole War Fort No.

Treasure hunting is not unlike finding a stud in your walls. Rather than a stud finder, you just need a metal detector. Whereas finding treasure once meant locating an “X” on an ancient map, today’s ...

Beaches constantly rearrange history, burying and revealing objects based on tides, storms, and time. Sand crabs are signs of movement below the surface, clues most people ignore. Metal detecting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their ...

With news headlines (and YouTube videos) that give juicy details on hoards of treasure and rare artifacts found by metal detectorists -- aka those with a metal detector -- investing in your own ...

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 ...

Treasure was found in troves, and bounty abounded Saturday at the aptly named East Texas Treasure Show in Longview – a mecca for metal detectors and those with a heart to seek what is hidden. Children ...

A rose gold Iron Age stater was found by Matt Bell during a metal detecting lesson from Charlie Cooper When actor Charlie Cooper offered to teach a friend metal detecting, he did not expect his pupil ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered what might be hidden underground? A metal detectorist can help with that! Bruce Ratkowski is a local metal detectorist who travels the state finding homeowners who want their ...

Planning on escaping the winter weather for a beach trip? Bring this metal detector with you if you want to bring home some treasures. The Popular Mechanics gear team recommends the Minelab Vanquish ...