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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...