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

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 ...

There have been plenty of eye-popping news stories about people using metal detectors to uncover precious artifacts—ancient coins, precious jewelry, gold nuggets, maybe even a piece of Charles I’s ...

For most of us, the fantasy of finding buried treasure faded away along with other childhood passions, like my youthful ambition to set a Guinness World Record for building the world’s largest pillow ...

The founder of the Surrey Metal Detecting Club has said membership has rocketed from about 60 when it launched in 2019, to more than 3,000 in 2025. Tommy Coleman from Reigate was speaking to Radio ...