As a stockbroker, Morton Leventhal, 38, uses the telephone to track down clients and commissions. When he is on vacation, he turns to an electronic metal detector and searches for another kind of treasure: ancient coins and other artifacts. Last month, as he neared the end of a visit with his married sister at the kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, the amateur archaeologist and numismatist had little to show for his efforts. With the help of his $160 metal detector, he had uncovered many sardine cans, bottle caps...
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