Visitor's Corner - New Additions

January 10, 2020:

I started a one-time fund-raising campaign on my Donorbox "Donation" page in attempt to accumulate enough money to buy a simple but reliable 4x4 vehicle. It is needed to replace my old 4x4 which faithfully served me for 10 years but eventually went beyond repair last October. Without a decent 4x4, I will not be able to to get to my detector- and equipment-testing grounds located in the hard-to-get-to areas, and to resume important md'ing projects I started before my car died.

The completion of these test and pilot projects would allow me to gather enough data necessary for writing new informative articles to be posted on my website. Unfortunately I have been going through hard times and will not be able to afford a decent 4x4 vehicle on my own this year.

This is why I need your help! If you feel that this website is worth your help, please chip in whatever you can afford to keep MetalDetectingWorld.com evolving in 2020. This is done for the benefit of many detectorists worldwide! Thank You!

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December 31, 2019:

I updated page 2 of my article/review on XP Deus - Transformation of a Fantastic XP Deus V2.0-3.2 into.... I also updated "About Me" page by adding names of metal detectors I currently use. A few new and updated informative articles will be posted in January of 2020. Happy New Year and Successful Metal Detecting Season 2020 to all!

December 25, 2019:

I added a new page -
Gold Quarter Noble of Edward III
to a sub-section - "Metal Detecting in England: 70 Best Finds of an Experienced Treasure Hunter David Lascelles in East Lincolnshire"
The new page contains pictures of his amazing coin find and includes his creative write-up - "A Detectorist's Poem". Check it out!

May 3, 2019:

I added my second tutorial on how to make your headphone operation wireless - The Best Way to Mount a Wireless Transmitter onto Your Land Metal Detector. My first tutorial on this subject was created in 2013 before a few manufacturers of metal detectors began making the wireless-headphones kits, and now seems a little bit outdated. This new tutorial describes a simple setup using the UP-TO-DATE Universal Wireless-Headphones System specifically designed to work with any land metal detector. The setup incorporates a water-resistant enclosure which does not add any noticeable weight to the detector, and provides a protection for the wireless transmitter against dust, mud, light rain and any accidental impairment.

October 18, 2018:

I added an in-depth article - The Truth About XP Deus V3.2-V5.X. This article describes a development strategy, business plans, endless firmware patching and marketing tricks of XP Metal Detectors in regard to its main product - XP Deus. This write-up also includes results of my comparative field-testing of the XP Deus versions 4.0 and 4.1 against V3.2 operated with legacy 9-in coils. Also included are short descriptions of the cutting-edge newcomers to the market - a Minelab Equinox 800 and two detectors, Makro Multi Kruzer and Nokta Anfibio Multi, of the Makro | Nokta joint venture, which are likely to eclipse the XP Deus. Part 7 of my article - Multi Frequency Operation vs. Single Frequency Operation, gives details on advantages and disadvantages of competing VLF technologies.

September 20, 2018:

I added a review/article - XP ORX - Is it just an XP Depar DPR 600 PLUS?, to a review page for the XP ORX metal detector. This article expresses my preliminary opinion and thoughts on this machine, which resulted from giving it a quick look-over requested by XP fans.

August 16, 2018:

I added a summary of my evaluation of the XP MI-6 probe - XP MI-6 and MI-4 Pinpointers: My Detailed Review, to a review page for the XP probes. More details and info will be added to this review when it is included in my upcoming article - "XP Deus: Six Seasons Later".

June 30, 2018:

I added a short but informative article/tutorial - How To Manually Ground Balance Your Detector, which explains how to properly ground-balance a metal detector to any soil mineralization, and covers all aspects of manual ground-balancing a VLF metal detector of a Non-Silent type of operation.

May 24, 2018:

I added three new article-directories - Useful Guides for Detectorists, Helpful Tutorials for Detectorists and Articles, Tutorials and Guides on XP Deus, which now make it much easier for a visitor to keep track of any read and unread content on my website. I also added a Search Box for fast locating info on any subject covered on my webpages.

May 15, 2018:

I modified the Secrets for Beginners directory and reorganized all links to my articles in a somewhat logical sequence according to progressive steps (or phases) of learning the hobby of metal detecting from the beginning.

May 9, 2018:

I modified and updated all pages of the Metal Detector Reviews section which is now entirely mobile-friendly, and includes all metal detectors that have been released to the market in 2017-2018.

May 3, 2018:

I revised and updated the directories for my stories on Metal Detecting in USA, Metal Detecting in Russia and Metal Detecting in Ukraine. Pages with metal detecting stories will not be modified into mobile-compatible until the most important technical articles are remodeled.