For Daniel Swint, the world under our feet is both full of mystery and a link to the past.
A self-professed “urban prospector,” Swint has been taking a metal detector across Los Angeles for four years. He runs a solar roofing business, but cherishes his time outside when, he says, it’s “just me and the beeps.”
Swint isn’t searching for valuable objects to resell. Instead, he loves the thrill of the hunt and the joy of touching something buried for decades, then researching his finds…