Between every modern prospector and that little pocket of bullion, there’s a great metal detector that can strike gold at the boardwalk or even just find jewelry you lost in the backyard. By John ...

In any discussion of metal detectors, you're likely to run across the name Garrett. Are they worth the money, though? Here's ...

Record prices have amateur prospectors buying picks and ‘pay dirt’ buckets and dreaming of stumbling on the motherlode ...

The mother lode of winter storms has sent water blasting through rock crevices and rivers in the Sierra Nevada, leading to more glittering discoveries by prospectors. Image In just 20 minutes of ...

Jay Carroll estimates he’s found about 60 spoons in the Hudson Valley with his metal detector. Historically, people buried spoons as a superstition; stick one in the ground and your family would never ...