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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Whether stashed by Captain Kidd or as a plot point in The Goonies, buried treasure has a certain allure ...

If you think of a metal detector, you’re probably thinking of a fairly simple device with a big coil and a piercing whine coming from a tinny speaker. [mircemk] has built a more modern adaptation.

What To Consider in a Metal Detector Before we talk about how to pick a metal detector, we should quickly explain how they work. Consumer metal detectors have a round head known as the "search coil," ...