diggers’ tips

It’s a problem to find a cover for the Minelab Go-Find coil as it isn’t supplied with the latter. The solution can be found only if you do a coil cover yourself. And so every enthusiast chooses his own option. For instance, making a coil…

If you see a beach having a freshly combed appearance, with long straight furrows – as it is common on luxurious beaches where women are carrying diamonds and men are wearing gold crosses like priests do – there is no need even to unzip…

There exist the XP Deus accessories that you never knew before. These are the small plastic items that are greatly helpful in simplifying your life with the XP Deus. For instance, the owners of this machine know how disappointing the coil…

In South Iceland advertising of metal detectors is equated with striptease ad. Is it normal? Here’s the list of countries where metal detecting is permitted or prohibited. Australia. Any metal detecting is allowed. Prospecting for…

I wonder if anyone hit upon the idea to check whether Makro coils are compatible with Nokta machines. And don’t ask the reason why. For instance, the Makro Racer 2 wireless headphones work for the Nokta Impact detector. Is it a surprise?…

Do you remember a pinpointer on a stick? After this kind of stuff, it’s nothing to be surprised at the Vibra Tector 730 on a shaft. Quite the opposite, you start thinking that this idea has legs. See the photo report: the Vibra Tector 730…

Is it better to decrease sensitivity by using the sensitivity level or power button? First, there is also a third option for reducing sensitivity. And it is unclear why metal detectorists ignore this one. Aren’t they aware of it?…

Can you name 13 reasons why people want to buy an XP Deus? Without any doubt, anyone will mention the recovery speed first. And everything kinda seems to be reasonable: you take the XP Deus, choose Reactivity 5 – and you are already a…

After all my years of metal detecting experience, I regret only one thing – I spent a lot of time on hunting with a Garrett 6.5?9 ACE PROformance coil. Not only time was lost, the crucial thing is that I left a good deal of artifacts…

“You shouldn’t have cleaned that coin – you rubbed half the price off…” Do you know how to clean finds? Let’s take a look at one example: an amazing transformation of the item from rusty metal piece into a real…

Supposing you find a beautiful stone or a wonderful fusion crusted piece of metal – will you take it away with you? And do you usually put your finds in your pocket? It’s a bad habit which, if you don’t have this device as a…

What to do with a pinpointer while hunting? I don’t have a 100% solution to this question. When reconnoitering a new hunting site, with a backpack left in the car and a belt worn under the outer garments, once again I have a problem:…

I am reproached for having laughed at a pinpointer with a loupe – kinda ‘people went out of their way to make such a thing, so if you don’t like it, don’t meddle’… It’s all the same to me who is taking…

Is your machine unable to separate targets that are close together? Hence there will come different detectorists who’ll bring different machines with them – and will seize your finds. Watch the video: why a detector needs the recovery…

The issue started from a Deteknix pinpointer: according to comments, it reacts to a brick. We started testing the others and… Yet red brick appears to be a target for a pinpointer. If you aren’t aware of it, you can take a long time…

Take two pinpointers and make a T-mop of them. It’s possible you’ll find something and get a kick out of unusual beach hunting. Here’s a video to watch (interesting, don’t miss it!). The screenshots for those who…