As an old outdoor hobby draws new followers, metal detectors are sweeping the country. By Alexandra Marvar People have been metal detecting since 1881, when Alexander Graham Bell invented a device to ...

In this episode of Depths of History, Britain and his friend Riley explore the woods of Tennessee using various metal detectors, including the Minelab X-Terra 705, X-Terra 305, Go-Find 20, 40, 60, and ...

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 ...

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 ...