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The Metal Detector is one of the best tools in Atomfall that you will never want to trade away or dispose of. While in your inventory, it can detect metal caches full of items scattered around the ...

Atomfall has caches hidden around the map, but you'll need a metal detector if you want to find them. While the metal detector itself is rather easy to get, using it can become frustrating. This is ...

Rough Science has a gold theme running through it, and one of the challenges for the first episode was to make a metal detector to help locate this precious metal. Iron, gold and other metals Metals ...

If you're like most people, you have a hobby that keeps you busy whenever you have downtime. Whether that's collecting highly valuable retro video games or going hiking with your favorite tech gadgets ...

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 ...

Planning on escaping the winter weather for a beach trip? Bring this metal detector with you if you want to bring home some treasures. The Popular Mechanics gear team recommends the Minelab Vanquish ...

Atomfall features a few tools that players can use to make the most of exploring post-apocalyptic northern England, and one of these tools is the Metal Detector. The tool works just as you’d expect, ...