But up on a hillside above Hinkley is a bright-white vertical beam of light, seemingly in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by pitch-black darkness. The unexpected beacon in the Mojave Desert is “a ...

In this video, I go metal detecting at an old chimney site in the woods, which is from the ruins of a mid-1800s homesite. Join me in the search for treasures from the past and discover what I might ...

A father and son recently stumbled across a massive cache of old artillery shells in Czech forest — triggering a two-day operation involving a bomb squad. The Police of the Czech Republic said the ...

Between 100 and 150 pieces of Shaler’s coal mining history will displayed in November at the Shaler North Hills Library. Members of the North Pittsburgh Past Finders metal detecting club have found ...

While the Mojave Desert's sunbaked vistas are sure to present visitors with all manner of surprises, there may be one sight in the Mojave that's a bit more surprising than any windblown dune or ...

The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above. It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas ...

The sun will soon be setting on the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert. Boosted by $1.6 billion in taxpayer-backed loans in 2011, the gargantuan project was hailed by President ...

Industrial metal detectors are most often used to detect undesired metal contaminants that are unintentionally introduced into products at various stages of the manufacturing process in food and other ...

There's often history just beneath your feet, waiting to be discovered. A long-forgotten button, an antique coin, or even a remnant from one of the wars that shaped our country. Trying to unearth ...

Death Valley and the Mojave Desert face a triple threat of flash floods, extreme heat, and wildfire risk. Monsoonal storms combined with moisture from Hurricane Lorena are creating unstable weather ...

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