Beaches constantly rearrange history, burying and revealing objects based on tides, storms, and time. Sand crabs are signs of movement below the surface, clues most people ignore. Metal detecting ...

Jack Poole has found the perfect hobby: Metal detecting. “It’s the only hobby I’ve ever had that pays me back,” he said. Poole has owned Treasure Finders, a metal detecting supply store in Fort Walton ...

Scanning parks and beaches with one of these can be a unique and fascinating hobby.

Steve Styles walks along the surf line, sweeping the round coil of a metal detector back and forth across the sand. He listens for the telling beep-beep-beep in his earphones that will alert him to ...

James City County’s Board of Supervisors backed tighter restrictions on metal detection on Jamestown Beach Tuesday but allowed an extension of beekeeping in the county. John Carnifax, Parks and ...

The popularity of this activity among British women has surged in recent years. What used to be seen as a somewhat quirky ...