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

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 1, amateur metal detectorists Katarzyna Herdzik and Jacek Ukowski made a stunning discovery on a Polish beach. Their ...

DONGHAE, Gangwon — Ever thought of going hunting for gold on the beach? Rising gold prices and affordable detection gear are driving a quiet boom for metal detecting in Korea, turning beaches into ...

From past to present: Gold prospecting methods have evolved from manual panning to advanced geoscience tools, blending ...

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Ezra, my 11-year-old son, and I clung to a thin rope as we scrambled down a steep, rocky hillside into a narrow river canyon. Using the rope, shovels and our muddy boots to slow our descent through ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 (Reuters) - In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth. The retired retail worker was ...

In the real world, Rose Gold is a mixture of regular yellow gold and copper, which gives the alloy its distinctive red/pink hue that’s come back into fashion relatively recently. However, in ...