Essential Guides for Metal Detectorists Need Guidance in Research, Detecting Around Cellars, Coin Cleaning and more? Expert Guides on 28+ Topics Will Help You! The below-listed in-depth articles provide sought-for info necessary for successful metal detecting. Other essential Know-How's and How-To's are given in my "Articles" and "Tutorials" sections.
32+ Essential Guides for Metal Detectorists: NOTE : Not all pages are mobile-friendly yet, but their reconstruction is under way. Please be patient. Thank you for your understanding!
1. Guides 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.A Complete Guide to All Types of Metal Detecting Activities Included are detailed descriptions of all types of metal detecting and treasure hunting activities as well as all accessories, metal detectors and equipment required for each activity.How to Select and Buy A Metal Detector My helpful guide for a beginner planning to acquire his/her first metal detector: How-To's, Do's and Don't's.Specifications of ALL Today Detectors - Reviews This is a "Metal Detector Reviews" section which, besides reviews by real users, contains technical specifications, prices and images of all metal detectors and treasure hunting equipment available on the today's market.Basic Equipment and Accessories for Metal Detecting This section covers basic items that are necessary for General metal detecting. Specific tools, equipment, accessories and detector's features are listed in my 'Complete Guide to All Types of Metal Detecting Activities' (at the top of this list). My Metal Detectors: Reviews and Operational Tips My reviews on metal detectors I used in the 1990s and 2000s, and the machines I use now. Metal detectors in focus are of the following brands: Fisher (First Texas Products), Teknetics (First Texas Products), Minelab, TB Metal Detectors (Pulse Star II Pro), XP Metal Detectors, Garrett, White's, and Tesoro.A Complete Guide To Metal Detecting Research Illustrated with more than 250 photographs, this 73-page guide describes all basic forms of researching productive hunt sites, especially focusing on map research (analysis of both US and European Historic maps) and footwork. You will definitely benefit from "digging" into this "mother lode" of invaluable information!Where to Metal Detect This page lists 75 locations that are traditionally the most productive for General Metal Detecting. How To Get Permission to Hunt at Private Property This illustrated Guide gives tips and describes simple rules for getting permission from an owner of any private property you intend to search.Metaldetectorist's Code of Ethics A full list of rules of conduct which every metaldetectorist should follow during her/his metal detecting activities. Search Coils 101 - this article contains basic info about search coils: their types and designs, coil sizes and their applications, advantages and disadvantages, target pinpointing techniques and useful tips.Construct Your Own Test Garden It is important to design and construct your own test garden which is helpful not only in understanding your detector's "language", but also in creating and optimizing your most productive search programs.How To Metal Detect Around Cellar Holes Successfully This complete guide is based on my personal experience in searching the abandoned homesteads in the remote wooded areas of Upstate New York. As the article describes universal rules of searching former homestead sites, it can be also extremely useful for those detectorists who search the former homestead sites that do not have cellar holes. A Complete Guide To Cleaning and Preserving Coins This is the most detailed guide on the web, describing many effective coin-cleaning methods and including a few practical tutorials with lots of useful tips!Numismatic Corner This guide contains basic numismatic information on US and some foreign coins: images, specifications, mintage records, coin values and mint marks. 2. Guides in Meteorites Section:
What Are the Meteorites and Where To Search for Them? This chapter gives general info on extraterrestrial treasures and describes the best areas where to search for them.Common Types of Meteorites This page is under development.Common Non-Diagnostic Tests (Magnet Test, Window Test, Streak Test, Density Test, Nickel Test #1 and #2) for Meteorites This guide is under construction.Meteorite Hunting - All Info This chapter of the "Metal Detecting Activities" guide gives all information on meteorite hunting, including tips for beginners, and describes metal detectors, accessories and equipment required for this challenging endeavor.VDI/Diameter Comparative Chart This page is under construction. VDI/Diameter Comparison Test for Iron Meteorites This article is under construction. 3. Inclusive Guides in XP Deus Section :
Seven Degrees of Difficulty of XP Deus Learning Curve This article/guide is under construction. A Complete Explanatory Guide to Features and Modes of XP Deus v2.0 - v3.2, and subsequent versions This detailed guide covers all features, functions and modes of the most advanced and complex metal detector on today's market - XP Deus. Unlike the Deus' official instruction manual, this guide helps a user understand how certain features and modes affect the detector's performance. XP Deus: 100-Target VDI Chart In this chart, targets of six classes are arranged according to their VDI values in ascending order. This arrangement allows for quick visual reference which makes it much easier for any Deus user to figure out the most efficient tone-breakpoints on the Tonal Discrimination scale. 4. From My Search Programs for Minelab CTX 3030 and E-Trac :
5. Search Programs for Other Metal Detectors:
6. Metal Detecting Finds:
Metal Detecting Finds This directory contains links to my webpages with short stories and images, and thematic photo galleries covering various categories of finds such as 'US Silver Coins', 'Russian Hammered Coins, 'US Marked Military Buttons', 'Rev War Relics', etc.My Best Finds This section contains pictures and short stories on my best finds that I made between 1998 and 2009.Best Finds of TH'ers Worldwide This section contains pages with images of the best finds made by coin shooters, relic hunters and beach hunters from around the world.7. Other Informative Directories:
Useful Articles on Metal Detecting This directory contains links to my in-depth articles on metal detecting, treasure hunting and important subjects related to the hobby. Helpful Tutorials for Detectorists This directory contains links to my detailed tutorials for metal detectorists of all levels of experience.Useful Tips This directory contains links to articles containing helpful information related to metal detecting.
In Brief: All Guides are created by Sergei UpstateNY , last time modified: December 20, 2024
This directory includes links to the largest sections of my website, which contain plenty of guiding information. And now this directory makes it easier for a beginner detectorist to locate any necessary info fast. A weathered treasure hunter will also find a lot of useful information in my detailed guides since the metal detecting hobby is so diverse that one often faces many options and has to make a right choice to succeed. If you are new to the hobby, you should read the above-listed articles carefully without leaving anything out of your understanding. And I hope that my guides will help you make the right choices and achieve the remarkable results in no time!
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