Useful Articles on Metal Detecting & Treasure Hunting
Here you can find all my articles on different subjects related to metal detecting and treasure hunting.
• Magazine Article: "Exploring 'White Spots' In Winter" - My article on how to research and locate many productive metal detecting sites during the winter months.
• Magazine Article: "Searching The Obvious" - My article on metal detecting the most accessible and easy to find metal detecting sites.
• Glossary of Metal Detecting Terms - A compillation of the most common terms related to the hobby of metal detecting and treasure hunting.
• Conductive Order of Metals and Conductive Relationships - An article on conductive properties of metals and their relationships to the Visual Discrimination Identification numbers, practical tips.
• Halo Effect - An article explaining the phenomenon and disappearance of detected signals.
• How To Eliminate the Hot Rock Response - An article based on my personal experience with Minelab Explorer metal detector.
• My Field Test Report on Minelab E-Trac - My report on the Minelab E-trac's performance tested at the site which had been previously searched with other metal detectors and had a high concentration of iron square nails.
• My Search Programs for Minelab E-Trac - The program settings for detecting coins among iron square nails and for searching deep coins and non-ferrous relics in the fields with Minelab E-Trac.
• My Search Program for Minelab Explorer XS, II and SE - The program settings for deep searching with Minelab Explorers.
• My Search Program for White's Spectrum XLT and XLT E-Series - The program settings for resultative detecting with White's XLT.
• Body Reinforcement for Minelab Explorer, E-Trac and Safari - An illustrated article on how to keep your Minelab detector in one piece for a long while.
• How To Travel with a Metal Detector Abroad - Tips on how to pack and keep your metal detector safe while traveling abroad by airplane.
• How To Treasure Hunt Around Cellar Holes SuccessfullyNew! - An illustrated article - a complete guide, based on my personal experience in searching the abandoned homesteads in the remote wooded areas of Upstate New York.
• How To Locate and Recover a Coin Cache In the Farm Field - An illustrated tutorial based on my personal experience.
• Coin Macro-Photography - A small article on how to make close-up pictures of your coin-finds without a professional photo equipment.
• How to Pack Your Backpack - An article on the smartest way to get all the necessary gear into your backpack.
• How To Use a Compass (Kjetil Kjernsmo's Illustrated Tutorial) - A great tutorial on how not to get lost in the wilderness.
• Lyme Disease Prevention - An informative article on Lyme disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
• Cache Hunting - Not a separate section yet, but a story with lots of useful info and links to other pages.
• WW2 Relic Hunting - A section with a number of articles on history of World War II and related relic hunting activities.
• Meteorite Hunting - An article about another popular type of metal detecting activity.
• Metaldetectorist's Code of Ethics - A full list of rules of conduct that any metaldetectorist should follow during her/his metal detecting activities.
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