When actor Charlie Cooper offered to teach a friend metal detecting, he did not expect his pupil to find gold on his first ...

A metal detectorist found what he believes is the largest gold nugget ever found in England. Despite arriving late and using faulty equipment, he found the 64.8-gram nugget within just five minutes of ...

Between every modern prospector and that little pocket of bullion, there’s a great metal detector that can strike gold at the boardwalk or even just find jewelry you lost in the backyard. By John ...

Richard Brock was an hour late to a meetup of amateur metal detectorists. Worse still, when he finally arrived, he realized his metal detector wasn’t working properly. The odds seemed stacked against ...

In May 2023, a British detectorist discovered what's believed to be the largest gold nugget ever found in England. Unearthed in Shropshire Hills, a natural area west of Birmingham, the nugget came in ...

A rare gold Bronze Age ring dating back more than 3,000 years has been declared treasure following a Norfolk inquest.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's safe to say, metal detecting isn't a hobby that works for everyone. While some are out searching plowed fields for colonial relics, ...

When Ellie Verrecchia pulled up in her car for her first metal detecting dig in the Cornish countryside, she quickly discovered she was the only woman. “I didn’t know how to hold my gear and no one ...