Tips for metal detecting parks. Learn best practices, how to make a plug, find old silver coins, and more.
Some of the best metal detectorists are not the people with the largest YouTube channels, the biggest social media followings, or thousands of people recognizing their names at detecting events. They are often the detectorists quietly putting in the hours, researching old locations, learning their machines, returning to difficult sites, and consistently recovering the kinds…
With the holidays upon us, countless people will unwrap their very first metal detector. It’s an exciting moment—one that can spark a lifelong passion—but it’s also a critical point for the hobby. Every new detectorist has the power to elevate or damage the reputation of metal detecting. A few careless holes, poorly made plugs, or…
Metal detecting YouTuber Paystreak Superfreak, Jeremy Allen, is well-known for his fast-paced swing and frank, educational detecting banter. His straightforward, practical approach resonates with advanced detectorists—including myself—who value his insightful tips and regard him as an excellent mentor for improving detecting skills and increasing finds ratios. Primarily hunting parks, playgrounds, curb strips, and fields, Paystreak…
Sledding hills are high-traffic, high-loss locations for metal detecting—snow or no snow. In winter, crowds wipe out, pull off gloves, check phones, and drop rings, coins, keys, and jewelry without noticing. In warmer areas, kids still “sled” grassy slopes on cardboard, cookie sheets, or ice blocks. All that movement concentrates targets in runout zones, crash…
If you’re passionate about the hunt and the stories rings carry, then you know success isn’t just about swinging a metal detector—it’s about choosing the right ground to swing over. The best finds often come not from chance, but from understanding why rings are lost where they are. Whether you’re running a high-end metal detector…
If you enjoy metal detecting in parks and are keen on finding old coins or relics, it can be challenging when you live in a city, like mine, which was incorporated in 2000. Additionally, the surrounding cities incorporated in the late ’80s and ’90s, making it difficult to locate older parks and greenbelts suitable for…
An important subject related to improving one’s success with a metal detector that does not receive much attention on social media is that of the Test Garden. Many detectorists will go “out back” and bury a few coins in their yard to see what their detector reads out and sounds like when they pass over…
For all of us reading this site, this is probably common sense, and as well it should be, but we all detect with, mentor, and know other detectorists (new to the hobby or seasoned) that might need this gentle reminder. So here it goes. When this hobby started gaining popularity in the early 70s with…
It is always important to have metal detecting buddies for safety. It is especially important if you are a female detectorist. Amanda reached out to me on Instagram to see if we could detect together. I heard about her through another local detectorist about six months earlier, but didn’t know much about her. The first…