Where & How to Detect
Location selection is the single biggest factor in whether a detecting session produces good finds or just modern trash. Doing research before you head out, understanding what different site types produce, and knowing how to secure access to private land will transform your results.
- Best Places to Metal Detect A rundown of the most productive site types and how to find them near you.
- How to Get Permission to Detect on Private Land Practical tips for approaching landowners and building detecting relationships.
- Metal Detecting Old Homestead Sites How to find, identify, and work former house and farm sites.
- Detecting in Plowed Farm Fields Timing, technique, and strategy for working agricultural land.
- Beach Metal Detecting: Techniques & What to Expect Wet sand vs. dry sand, saltwater challenges, and what beaches produce.
- How to Research Old Maps for Detecting Sites Using historical maps, aerials, and records to find productive locations.
- Metal Detecting Near Old Churches & Schools Why gathering places produce high coin and artifact counts.
- Mudlarking: Getting Started on River Foreshores Finding artifacts in tidal mud without a metal detector.
- Field Walking for Artifacts Without a Detector Surface collecting techniques for finding non-metallic artifacts.
- Understanding Metal Detecting Laws by State A guide to where you can and cannot legally detect in the United States.