Darrin Gray has never found a needle in a haystack. But he has found wedding rings lost in a corn pit, buried in a snowbank, dropped to the bottom of Lake Calhoun and hidden in a bag full of leaves.

A man takes off his baseball glove in Central Park. His wedding ring slips off undetected and disappears into the grass. Hours pass before he notices that it’s missing. A woman reacts in a fit of ...

Towards the end of Detectorists, the president of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club (DMDC) digs up a small artifact. He waves to his wife who is sitting and reading nearby, and calls out proudly that ...

“Detectorists” (Netflix, Acorn TV). Originally available only to stream from the niche-y Anglomaniacal Acorn TV, this deep and delightful comedy, which sat at the top of my 2015 best-of list, is now ...