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.

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.

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.

Learn how to operate this Tesoro model metal detector.

Includes quick-start guide, spec sheet, owner's manual, custom programs, tips and tricks, a forum and trip photos.

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

Personal information, with electronic projects and programs. Download program for a frequency meter metal detector, or a virtual measuring frequency meter.

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.

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.