(Part 2) Top products from r/metaldetecting

• I got a medic's bag ($7) to hang over my shoulder for items I will keep. I needed a sturdy bag. Some items might be heavy or pointy.
  
• I pack a plastic grocery bag for trash.
  
• Plastic toothbrush, for cleaning items.
  
• Fiskar's garden tool ($8). Plastic shovels don't work well in gravelly or hard-packed soil. Or get a metal shovel.
  
• Water bottle. I might end up wandering far away from parking.
  
• Try a Bounty Hunter Tracker IV for $60-100. It's what I have. It's quite sensitive. It works great, it simply doesn't have all the bells and whistles. From Kellyco with accessories, $125. From Amazon for $95.
  
• I like the Garrett Pinpointer because the closer you get to the metal object the faster it beeps and vibrates.
  
• A lighted loupe for seeing dates on coins is really handy. 40x is too powerful I learned, 10-20x is better.

I've been using these headphones for computer/metal detecting for 6 years now, bought a 2nd set that I still haven't taken out of the box yet. They're awesome! Buy the 6.5mm adapter if you need it.

Sound quality is great for the price, cord length is very long (makes it nice when you put down the detector you don't have to take the headphones off).

I use to have metal ones that looked like actual revolver hand guns. They also didn't have the orange plastic ends. They used paper caps instead of the rings. https://www.amazon.com/Toysmith-Wild-West-Metal-Cap/dp/B003SN51IW

They looked like the above link but, with paper roll caps.

https://www.amazon.com/Parris-Roll-Cap/dp/B01MRN9860/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1525822294&sr=1-2&keywords=paper+roll+caps

This was 25 years ago! Still glad to see they're still made.

Its a 12 volt manual battery charger. An automatic one won't work as it has to sense the battery or it will stop charging. I use thus one but any manual charger will work.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00030BFQA/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1494299155&sr=8-2-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=shumaker+electric+battery+charger

washing soda is a little different chemically but I've gotten the same results with plain old baking soda and its more readily available to me.

Good luck and let me know how it goes.

You'll be fine. Just use Duracell 9v, until you know that you are going to stick with it. Then get some rechargeables. These got great reviews http://www.amazon.com/Tenergy-Charger-250mah-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B0045WGWCE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369755443&sr=8-2&keywords=sanyo+eneloop+9v

At that point you will want a Garrett Propointer too!


Requiring 9Vs is a drawback, but not a dealbreaker. I think he is referring to having to pay $40 for decent 9v rechargeable batteries.

There are several good detectors that use 9volts.

Very cool and possibly old, but these style locks are still being made and sold today. I'm not sure if there is a good indicator of age beyond the level of corrosion.

Yes, keep researching. "Probably" doesn't cut it.

I doubt that its worth $21 to you, but there is an authority: https://www.amazon.com/Buckles-1250-1800-Ross-Whitehead/dp/189773817X

(You should try posting to treasurenet.com's relics forum. They even have a buckles specialty forum. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/buckles/)

[Edit! Somebody on treasurenet.com posted a link to that book, online! http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf ]

I recently ran across this glove review: "The best metal detecting and relic hunting gloves. Period."

I purchased a pair on Amazon and really like them so far. They also make a Heavy Utility version but I thought they might reduce dexterity, operating buttons, etc.

These are two that I've read in the last year or so:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031TZ9GM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005586WRW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sniper is a much easier read, Berlin is a bit more of a slog (but still interesting).

I have always had good luck with a Japanese Hori Hori

https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Garden-Landscaping-Digging-Stainless/dp/B0007WFG2I

Very durable and compact but still can do lots of work.

I have the same problem on an old farm site where they put a stone driveway over what used to be part of the yard.

I use one of these - mini pick - to make quick work of the packed rock layer. Be sure to wear safety glasses, it can send some little rocks all directions.

I just discovered this book.
https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Beneath-Waves-Treasure-Hunting/dp/0984889108

I run a bakery and have a bunch of these laying around.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FPLXUQ/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_QMzxzbWSWT0G7

I drilled a pattern that makes sense and added a matte black spray job.
(http://i.imgur.com/up37U1E.jpg)

Rolling head pry bar. Link

I just ordered these two to dig with..haven't arrived yet tho

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000NPXJJG/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B007PQNNJM/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Garrett Metal Detectors ACE 400 55 Year Anniversary Special, GAR1141255 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RDZTPWD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PYP3DbHAMNWHQ

Just a little more and you can pick up this set with the garret pinpointer. This is the set that I picked up this year with no regrets.

Wouldn't it be easier to just get a couple of rechargables? Your budget would buy you 3 of these and you could get a charger on any fleamarket for the remaining money. You are right about the 2-pack, but my experience is that cheap batteries really suck, if I was low on cash I'd always prefer rechargables.