Staff photo / Allie Vugrincic Walter Sescourka of Cortland holds a 1981 Chalker High School class ring he found while metal detecting in a Youngstown park. Sescourka discovered the ring belonged to ...

Chris Jenkins heads to Folly Beach, Sullivan’s Island, or IOP, about four times a week. He isn’t sunning, walking his dog, or gazing into the deep blue sea. He’s searching for treasure. “I find a lot ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It was the perfect day for finding treasures as a group of metal-detecting enthusiasts gathered on Midland Beach on Sunday, bathed in warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. More than ...

On a bright, yet blustery Saturday in April, a handful of members of the Mid Michigan Metal Detecting Club met up at Williams Township Park in Auburn. Outfitted with metal detectors, headphones, ...

The Surrey Metal Detecting Club's membership has grown from a few dozen to more than 3,000 in six years The founder of the Surrey Metal Detecting Club has said membership has rocketed from about 60 ...

City officials are learning never to underestimate the mettle of treasure hunters with steely resolve. Metal detecting clubs are mobilizing to lobby the city to reverse a decision that has banned them ...

Between 100 and 150 pieces of Shaler’s coal mining history will displayed in November at the Shaler North Hills Library. Members of the North Pittsburgh Past Finders metal detecting club have found ...

The Boyertown Area Historical Society invites the community to its Come Out Swinging Metal Detecting Fundraiser at Camp Cannon Hill in Boyertown. “The event is sold out, but folks are allowed to come ...