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.

Learn how to use the USGS site finder. Links to free online topographical maps and search engine tips.

Includes stories, topographic maps, locations of forts, details of how a detector works and resource links.

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.

Photographs and animations show anatomy of a machine, VLF, PI and BFO technology, buried treasure and detective work.

User contributed product evaluations and discussion forums.

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.

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

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.

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