/tags/metal-detecting metal detecting en-US WLRN Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-12/metal-detecting-finding-florida-relics-and-new-friends Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past — with his metal detector. The 64-year-old history teacher is devoted to finding remnants of the Seminole Wars, and has also found kindred spirits along the way. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-12/metal-detecting-finding-florida-relics-and-new-friends Savannah Rude /news/2021-07-14/the-ringfinder-southernmost-metal-detector-returns-coast-guard-academy-class-ring-lost-decades-ago A Key West plumber, whose passion is metal detecting on island beaches, recently returned a lost treasure — after three decades underwater. Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:00:53 GMT /news/2021-07-14/the-ringfinder-southernmost-metal-detector-returns-coast-guard-academy-class-ring-lost-decades-ago Nancy Klingener