Many potential metal detector owners face a tough choice in the marketplace: Entry-level models are often more affordable, but their overall quality varies, while professional-grade metal detectors ...

Editor's Note: December 12, 2025: We've checked to make sure that our recommendations are still available and competitively priced. We’re preparing for a new round of metal detector testing, which ...

Metal detecting is a fun pastime, even when all you can find is a little bit of peace and a whole lot of pop tabs. [Huygens Optics] has a VLF-based metal detector that offers much more feedback than ...

If you ever thought about becoming a treasure hunter this simple DIY metal detector by [mircemk] may be a nice project to start with. The design is based on an opensource metal detector called Smart ...