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

If metal detectors are required at courthouses, isn’t it that much more important to have them at all schools? We owe our children a duty to protect them, even the demented ones before they inflict ...

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 ...

Local metal detector operator Moye Howard poses for a photo with Amber Davis after finding her lost wedding ring on Folly Field Beach in late June. Davis, a Hilton Head resident, connected with Howard ...

The DuPont City Council has banned unauthorized digging and excavating in city parks and property, as well as using metal detectors for that purpose. The unanimous vote came Tuesday. Although local ...

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 ...

Bellingham City Hall, at 201 Lottie St., was built in 1939 under a Depression-era public works program. Robert Mittendorf The Bellingham Herald A metal detector has been ordered for Bellingham City ...

Every high school run by Palm Beach County's school district has metal detectors to scan students, staff and visitors as they enter. Should middle and elementary schools have them, too? District ...