Tutorials for Metal Detectorists

30+ Helpful How-To's Containing Detailed Instructions and Practical Tips for Hobby Enthusiasts of All Levels of Experience

99% of tutorials listed below are original content that you will not find anywhere else on the web. Although my instructive articles only cover a small fraction of a myriad of issues detectorists have to resolve on a regular basis, I believe that my tutorials will help you solve the most important problems related to metal detecting, search strategies, target cleaning and more!

30+ Tutorials and How-To's for Metal Detectorists:

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1. "Entry-Level" Tutorials in Secrets For Beginners Section:

Be Aware of Fake Expert Websites, Blogs and Videos about Metal Detecting and Equipment!
This is an important note to beginner-detectorists seeking helpful info on the Web. My note warns the newbies against getting influenced by misleading info contained in untruthful web articles, paid reviews and forum posts, and promotional YouTube videos massively published on the Internet.
The Best Way to Mount a Wireless Headphone Transmitter onto Your Land Metal Detector
This is my latest tutorial on how to make your headphone operation wireless with use of the up-to-date universal wireless-headphones system designed to work with any land metal detector, and create a protection for your enclosed wireless transmitter against dust, mud, and light rain by means of a simple setup that would cost you only $2.50.
How To Make Any Land Metal Detector's Headphone Operation Wireless
This is my old tutorial (2013) instructing how to turn any regular land metal detector into a machine with wireless headphone operation by means of an INDOOR digital wireless headphone system, and metal detect without a "leash" or the hassle of cords.
Sealing Search Coil's Cover
This illustrated tutorial explains how to eliminate the unusual cause of false or distorted signals.
Search Coil Swinging Techniques
This chapter of the "Search Coil 101" guide contains descriptions of coil-swinging techniques used for effective target detection under various metal detecting conditions or according to certain metal detecting tasks.
Fast Method of Pinpointing Coins without a Hand-Held Pinpointer
This tutorial is under development.
Air Test (Bench Test)
This article explains the "Air Test" concept, and why it is important to learn both the VDI values of various targets commonly found in your locality and your detector's audio responses to them.
Construct Your Test Garden
This article explains importance, construction and usage of your own Test Garden for experimenting with various target-samples.
How to Metal Detect Successfully
Learn the basics of metal detecting; some useful tips are included.
How To Manually Ground Balance Your Detector
This tutorial explains how to properly ground-balance a metal detector.

2. Other Tutorials Related to Metal Detectors and Metal Detecting:

How To Silence Hot Rocks
Get detailed information on "hot rocks", their types and compositions, and ways to reduce or completely eliminate the detector's audio responses to them.
How To Metal Detect Around Cellar Holes Successfully
This is a complete guide based on my personal experience in searching the abandoned homesteads in the remote wooded areas of Upstate New York. Information given in this article can be also useful for those detectorists who treasure hunt at the former homestead sites containing no cellar holes.
How To Locate and Recover a Coin Cache in the Old Farm Field
This illustrated tutorial is based on my personal cache-hunting and treasure-discovering experiences in farm fields that were the sites of human settlements centuries ago.
How To Use Minelab XChange 2
This detailed, illustrated tutorial explains how to use Minelab XChange 2 application for editing CTX 3030's Discrimination patterns and Tone ID profiles.
Body Reinforcement of Minelab Explorer, E-Trac and Safari
This illustrated tutorial shows how to reinforce a body of a metal detector of the Minelab Explorer series, so that it would remain in one piece for a long time.

3. Tutorials in Coin Cleaning Section:

How To Clean Tarnished Silver Coins by Electrochemical Reduction (Galvanic) Method
Learn the most effective and easy-to-do cleaning method for removing tarnish from silver coins.
Simplified and Quick Method for Cleaning Silver Coins
Learn a simple technique for cleaning silver and silver-alloyed coins with Lemon Acid solution.
Simplified and Quick Method for Cleaning Copper Coins
Learn a simple technique for cleaning copper coins with Ammonia solution.
How To Cure 'Bronze Disease' on Copper-Base Alloyed Coins
This article explains True and False patinae on copper, bronze and brass coins, and how to prevent the coins "infected" with Bronze Disease from further destruction.
How To Straighten Bent Silver Coins Using Annealing Technique
This article gives practical and useful tips for straightening bent silver coins by means of annealing.
How To Straighten A Badly Crumpled Coin Without Special Tools
Learn the simplest technique for unbending a crumpled coin without use of annealing and special tools.
How To Clean Coins with Electrolysis
This is the most detailed, illustrated (50 pictures) tutorial about electrochemical coin cleaning on the web!

4. Miscellaneous Tutorials:

Removing Rust from Iron Artifacts with Electrolysis
This is the most detailed, illustrated (150 pictures) web tutorial on derusting valuable iron finds!
How To Travel with a Metal Detector Abroad
This article gives practical tips on how to pack and keep your metal detector safe while traveling by airplane domestically or abroad.
How to Pack Your Backpack
Learn the smartest way to get all necessary metal detecting or hiking gear into your backpack.
How To Use a Compass (Kjetil Kjernsmo's Illustrated Tutorial)
This is a great tutorial on how not to get lost in the wilderness.
Coin Macro-Photography
Learn how to take close-up pictures of your coin-finds without special photo equipment at home.

5. Tutorials in XP Deus Section:

How To Make Two XP Deuses from One
This article explains how to make two Deuses from one so that your partner could join you in metal detecting fun!
XP Deus Manual Ground Balancing
This tutorial covers three techniques (beginner-, intermediate- and expert-level) that can be used for proper ground-balancing an XP Deus metal detector.
How To Prevent Breakage and Malfunction of a Charging Clamp
This small article describes a serious drawback in the Deus' battery-charging system, and how to deal with it.
My Alternative to the XP Deus Charging-Clamp Setup
This tutorial is under development.
Fine-Tune XP Deus for Detecting Deep Coins
This tutorial is under development.
Switch-To-Low-Frequency Technique
This article is under construction.
Coin Map for XP Deus Search Programs
This tutorial is under development.

6. Other Informative Directories:

Useful Articles on Metal Detecting
This section contains links to my in-depth articles on metal detecting, treasure hunting and important subjects related to the hobby.
Helpful Guides for Detectorists
This page contains links to essential guides for metal detectorists of all levels of experience.

In Brief:

All Tutorials are created by Sergei UpstateNY, last time modified: December 20, 2024

Metal Detecting Tutorials for Detectorists

Whether you are a beginner or experienced treasure hunter, you might find my tutorials very useful for your metal detecting endeavors. If you read the above-listed articles scrupulously, get a hand-on experience and put in some efforts, you will see the remarkable results in no time!

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