A Sebastian treasure hunter seeks a permit to keep searching for treasure among 10 Spanish ships that sank during a 1715 ...

A Sebastian treasure hunter is seeking a 20-year permit renewal ... The proposed salvage operation involves using various methods, including metal detectors, hand-fanning, and prop-wash deflection.

I went scuba diving in the Caribbean with my underwater metal detector and couldn’t believe what I found—real gold and diamonds lying on the ocean floor. This beach is one of the busiest in the area, ...

Ordinary people have discovered treasures worth millions through chance encounters at flea markets, garage sales, and while ...

SANTA FE, N.M. - For more than a decade, he packed and repacked his treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding ... bury an item or use a metal detector on federal lands.

While searching a field in southwest England, metal detectorists stumbled on the "find of a lifetime": two gold-and-garnet objects dating to around 1,400 years ago. Paul Gould, a new detectorist ...