I Found Toys at the Beach and Change at the Park, Testing These Expert-Approved Metal Detectors

Scanning parks and beaches with one of these can be a unique and fascinating hobby.

Metal detectors on the way for all Houston County middle and high schools week after shooting

A week after a Warner Robins High School student was shot, metal detectors are coming to all Houston County middle and high schools. Here's what we know ...
WGAL

Metal detectors at schools: How effective are they at keeping guns out?

THE TECHNOLOGY’S EFFICACY. YEAH. WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING SCHOOLS SAFE, SECURITY EXPERTS TELL ME A METAL DETECTOR ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT WEAPONS FROM GETTING INSIDE. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS ...
Miami Herald

New metal detectors cause long lines outside Broward high schools on first day

Broward public schools apologized for the chaos on the first day of school caused by the district’s roll out of new metal detectors that created delays as hundreds of high school students were left ...
Miami Herald

Broward Public Schools will try metal detectors to catch weapons (and vapes). Here’s how

In an effort to reduce weapons in schools, The Broward County School Board voted Wednesday to pay about half a million dollars to install metal detectors in 10 schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
WPTV-TV

Metal detectors now screening students at 8 Palm Beach County high schools

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Starting Monday, metal detectors will start screening thousands of students at four more Palm Beach County high schools, bringing the total number of schools with the ...

'It’s what’s best' | Houston County Schools to spend nearly $3 million on metal detectors, security guards

Houston County Schools plans to spend nearly $3 million on new safety measures following last week’s shooting at Warner ...
Florida Today

Metal detectors to be installed at high schools around Brevard beginning in October

In an effort to increase security, Brevard Public Schools will install metal detectors at high schools throughout the district starting in October. Melbourne High will be first up, with the metal ...

In late 1990s, a Buffalo physicist proposed using shock waves to detect plastic land mines costing as little as $1. Years later, the idea remains a striking approach to a ...

Plastic land mines are difficult to find because metal detectors may miss them entirely. Researchers at the University at ...