FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

» Down to Earth:A Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting
   Advice on how a detector works, search techniques, obtaining permission to hunt, digging, cleaning and selling finds, night hunting and beach detecting in the United Kingdom.

   
   http://www.metaldetectorist.co.uk/

» Florida's Fabulous Treasures
   Includes stories, topographic maps, locations of forts, details of how a detector works and resource links.

   
   http://www.treasurelore.com/florida/table.htm

» Geotech
   Features magazine articles with projects and schematics to build frequency-shift, induction balance and pulse induction detectors, coils and probes. Includes articles about the history of detectors, links to manufacturers, and reference sources.

   
   http://www.thunting.com/geotech

» How Metal Detectors Work
   Photographs and animations show anatomy of a machine, VLF, PI and BFO technology, buried treasure and detective work.

   
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/metal-detector.htm

» Metal Detector Reviews
   User contributed product evaluations and discussion forums.

   
   http://metaldetectorreviews.net

» Metal Detectors
   Has schematic diagram for a one-coil induction metal detector. Excerpt from Metal Detectors for Treasures and Relic Hunting by Andrei Chtchedrine. Bilingual English/Russian site.

   
   http://www.aha.ru/~aish/

» Nuggetshooter
   Dedicated to electronic prospecting (metal detecting) for gold nuggets. Includes links to related sites and forums.

   
   http://www.nuggetshooter.com/

» This and That
   Offers advice on air testing detectors, pinpointing probes, tips and ideas, stories about Melvin Cogsworth, Private Detectorist.

   
   http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/metaldetecting.html

» Yuri Kolokolov's Home Page
   Personal information, with electronic projects and programs. Download program for a frequency meter metal detector, or a virtual measuring frequency meter.

   
   http://home.skif.net/~yukol/

» th-ers.com
   Features research about treasure hunting, gold prospecting, ghost town hunting and rock collecting and offers a forum, chat, photos, and member blogs. Select a membership type for access.

   
   http://www.th-ers.com/