Get beginner to advance metal detecting from expert metal detectorists on how to advance in the hobby. Find places to detect and increase your finds with these tips.
If you were to take a guess, what would you say is the biggest obstacle that is preventing you from finding great Civil War (or any of our other wars) properties to metal detect? Would you say… permissions? Or… what about if where you are located in the U.S. where there were few or no…
Coins and tokens have been used for more than 2600 years. Those that are found metal detecting can be a challenge getting cleaned. Different coin and token metals require different methods to clean. Doing it right will retain their value; doing it wrong could make them lose value. The coin cleaning tips that Jason Flicker,…
A Little Lead Never Hurts Anyone — or Does It? Exposure Harms You As a beach and water metal detectorist, you will be exposed to lead when you find lead fishing weights also known as sinkers. Handling them improperly can result in elevated lead levels. The absorption of lead into your body will affect your health….
Identifying metal detecting finds can sometimes be easy and sometimes extremely difficult. For those metal detectorist who use Android or iPhones phones do you know there is a free app called Google Lens to help you identify detecting finds? Google Lens app is an AI-powered technology that uses your smartphone camera and deep machine learning…
First off, I’m a relatively new metal detectorist, only upgrading to my Nokta Makro Simplex+ in August 2020 after getting into the hobby with an old favorite, the Bounty Hunter. From then till now, I’ve had 106 metal detecting trips in the San Diego area and have even made one trip farther up in Orange…
You got a new metal detector and are excited but stumped where to metal detect. Below is a list of common and not-so-common places to consider detecting. Please make sure you have permission to metal detect the site by asking the local authorities or getting permission from property owners. Always dig clean nice holes that you fill back…