Gear & Equipment
The right equipment makes detecting more productive and more enjoyable. The wrong equipment wastes your money and your time. These guides focus on what actually matters for different types of detecting, without brand loyalty or hype.
- Best Metal Detectors for Beginners What to look for in a first detector and where the sweet spot is for price vs. performance.
- Best Metal Detectors for Relic Hunting Features that matter when your targets are old, deep, and in iron-heavy soil.
- Best Pinpointers for Metal Detecting Handheld pinpointers for fast target recovery.
- Metal Detecting Digging Tools: What You Actually Need Shovels, diggers, knives, and sand scoops for different terrain types.
- Best Finds Pouches & Carry Bags Practical carry options for finds and gear in the field.
- Understanding Metal Detector Frequencies How operating frequency affects what your detector can find.
- VLF vs. Pulse Induction: Which Technology and When The two main detector technologies and what each does best.
- Best Headphones for Metal Detecting Why headphones matter and what to look for.
- Essential Mudlarking Gear Checklist What to bring for a foreshore session.