Metal detector guides
Find the right detector for the ground you actually hunt.
Plain buying guides and how-tos for parks, beaches, gold country and the water, built from maker specs, official rules and what matters once you are swinging a coil.
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Metal Detectors
Buying guides by use: first detectors, kids, gold, beaches and underwater.
Detecting Gear
Pinpointers, sand scoops and diggers that turn a signal into a find.
Magnet Fishing
Kits, rope and magnets for pulling metal out of rivers and lakes.
How It Works
What the settings, tones and numbers on a detector are telling you.
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