- Down to Earth:A Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting - http://www.metaldetectorist.co.uk/
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.
- Finding New Treasure Sites with the Internet - http://www.nb.net/~resteele/newsites/
Provides help in locating new sites to detect. It shows how to use the USGS site finder. Links to free online topographical maps and search engine tips.
- How Metal Detectors Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/metal-detector.htm
Photographs and animations show anatomy of a machine, VLF, PI and BFO technology, buried treasure and detective work.
- Metal Detector Reviews - http://metaldetectorreviews.net
User contributed product evaluations and discussion forums.
- Metal Detectors - http://www.aha.ru/~aish/
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.
- Nuggetshooter - http://www.Nuggetshooter.com
Dedicated to electronic prospecting (metal detecting) for gold nuggets. Includes links to related sites and forums.
- th-ers.com - http://www.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.
- This and That - http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/metaldetecting.html
Offers advice on air testing detectors, pinpointing probes, tips and ideas, stories about Melvin Cogsworth, Private Detectorist.
- Florida's Fabulous Treasures - http://www.treasurelore.com/florida/table.htm
Includes stories, topographic maps, locations of forts, details of how a detector works and resource links.
- Yuri Kolokolov's Home Page - http://home.skif.net/~yukol/
Personal information, with electronic projects and programs. Download program for a frequency meter metal detector, or a virtual measuring frequency meter.
- My Metal Detector - http://www.mymetaldetector.com
Features an introduction to treasure hunting, areas to search, site access, tips and tricks, and a Code of Ethics. Includes links to manufacturers, state and federal park Web sites, and online maps.
- Geotech - http://www.thunting.com/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.
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