People are becoming more concerned about their health already. There are now various herbal supplements being made in laboratories and being sold in the market. Organic foods can now be found in healthy diet shops. There are now foods which are identified to be low fat, low calorie, non-fat, and the like. Thus, people are now given more chances to go for the healthy path. These products which are easily accessible in your local grocery or convenience store and even via the Internet are reasons enough why you should be encouraged to stay healthy too.On the other hand, exercise is also another key for a person to stay healthy. Since people are now busy, recent trends show that people who are now unable to take time off to exercise now incorporate into the time that they spend for their hobbies as well. If you are looking for a hobby that will also enable you to spend some time to exercise, you should do metal detecting. At first, you might not see the point why working with metal detectors would be considered as a great exercise when all you have to do is to swing the coil from left to right. There are some points that you should carefully examine in order to see that this hobby which doubles as treasure hunting is also a great form of exercise.1. Walking for hours. If you target the beach as your hunting spot and you happen to chance in one which has stretched seashore, you would need to cover its entire length so that you will not have any regrets of having missed some precious jewelry dropped by some beachcombers. If you are to cover the entire length, this means that you have to walk for hours and do so nonstop. As you cover every inch of the seashore with your metal detector, you are actually exercising and doing so for hours is a thing that is rarely done by the majority of the population. Walking will really do your leg muscles some good. At least, you are not exerting too much effort as you try to jog or run around your neighborhood.2. Metal detector and backpack acting as weights. The basic thing that you need when doing treasure hunting this way is the metal detector. Though your arms can manage to lift its metal tubes, electronics, coil, and the rest of the equipment, you will still be using the muscles in your arms to do so. Again, you will be doing this for hours which could equal to some time spent in the gym alone. Moreover, you also have your backpack which will add to the weight of the metal detector. Your legs would need to support all this weight and this can tone down your leg muscles.3. Scooping and squatting. When your metal detector would signal that something is underneath, you will need to scoop out some sand with your scoop which would also weigh something. Moreover, you also have to calculate the wet sand that you have just dug up with your scoop. If you are done digging, you will need to squat a couple of times in order to feel the possibility of a treasure in the hole. Repetitive scooping and squatting are good forms of exercises.