metal detector

noun

1. an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.

metal detector

noun

1. a device that gives an audible or visual signal when its search head comes close to a metallic object embedded in food, buried in the ground, etc

Example Sentences

It’s a sense of historical stewardship Treasure Trove and approaches like it hope will spread as Stepien and his fellow metal detectors continue sweeping fields for buried treasure.

From Popular-Science

Using their wands and a stubby, orange, hand-held metal detector nicknamed “the Carrot,” Stepien and Gucwa helped pinpoint the outer limits of the deposits.

From Popular-Science

In countries like Italy, Greece, and Spain, where people have used metal detectors to locate and plunder intact graves or archaeological sites, police have special units devoted to tracking down illegal excavators.

From Popular-Science

He got to know Google employees as they went through his metal detector, and after four years, he found a different job at the same data center—this time with Modis, the company that hired McNally in Council Bluffs.

From Time

Now, instead of taunting, he had to contend with metal detectors and what she said was inferior instruction.

From ProPublica

McLennan was scouring church land with his metal detector in September when he came across a silver spoon.

From The Daily Beast

So if this weekend sees you outside whirring with your state-of-the-art metal detector, happy hunting.

From The Daily Beast

She is greeted by name by two female guards before she goes through a metal detector.

From The Daily Beast

“Probably” not detectable by a metal detector; unclear whether the new body scanners would have caught it.

From The Daily Beast

The TSA agents selected the boy for additional screening after he set off a metal detector.

From The Daily Beast