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

After being ordered not to sit on the couch all day by a doctor, Norwegian man Erlend Bore, who picked up a metal detector as part of a hobby, found an ancient gold necklace dating back to A.D. 500.

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

Erlend Bore needed to get out of the house more. That’s what his doctor told him. He suggested that Bore find a hobby to keep him outdoors. So Bore thought back to his youth and a long-abandoned ...