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1. Metal Detecting Forum UK
Metal detectors & accessories resource is a friendly forum to discuss all your detecting needs and promoting responsible metal detecting for all.
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30 posts / week View Recent Threads
2. Reddit » Metal Detecting
San Francisco, California, US
Reddit is a network of communities based on people's interests. This is a subreddit feed for everything related to Metal detecting.
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1.7M 1.2M 19 posts / day Feb 2010 View Recent Threads
3. TreasureNet » Metal Detecting Forum
The Original Metal Detecting Forum. Share your experiences here, and learn from others. What's the oldest coin you've ever found? Have you e...ver found a diamond ring? A Gold Coin? The chat room for detectorists.more
treasurenet.com/fo..
28 posts / day View Recent Threads
4. Irish Metal Detecting
Irish Metal Detecting is an online community to discuss anything related to Irish metal detecting.
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5. Find's Treasure Forums » Metal Detecting Forum
Find's Treasure Forums is the internet's most poular treasure forums. This section is a general metal detecting forum dedicated to all detectorists no... matter what brand of detector or type of hunting you might prefer.more
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2 posts / week Sep 2004 View Recent Threads
6. Thomas Dankowski's Metal Detecting Forum
Thomas Dankowski frequents this forum and is happy to share his knowledge and experience about metal detecting to answer questions along with many oth...er metal detecting experts who frequent this forum.more
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7. Gary's Metal Detecting Forum
Gary's Metal Detecting Forum offers space for discussing whats going on in the world of metal detecting.
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8. American Detectorist Metal Detecting Forums
A place to discuss general metal detecting topics and news.The information you find within our metal detecting forum covers all aspects of our metal d...etecting hobby, and will appeal to both beginners and advanced detectorists.more
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9. American Heritage Research & Preservation Society
American Heritage Research and Preservation Society (AHRPS) is an organization providing services for the metal detecting community. The forum offers ...space to discuss General Metal Detecting, Traditional Coin Hunting, Relic / Old Site Hunting and much more.more
ahrps.org/forums/i..
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10. Minelab Owners Forums
This is a place for owners and prospective owners of Minelab metal detectors to meet, research and chat about using the world's best metal detecti...on technologies. Learn about different metal detectors like Coiltek, Iron Mask, Gog Phones, Joan Allen Zone, and more here.more
minelabowners.com/..
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11. Metal Detecting Forums South Africa
Discussion from Metal Detecting Forums South Africa. Talk regarding metal detecting services, equipments, gears, gold prospecting, treasure hunting an...d much more.more
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1.5K 85 1 post / week View Recent Threads
12. Metal Detecting Forum
A friendly metal detecting forum is the one to discuss Metal Detecting, Everything About Finds, Detectors and Gear, and much more.
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13. Treasure Quest Metal Detecting Forum
Welcome to Treasure Quest, the number one online treasure hunting community. This site provides information about metal detecting, metal detector how-...to. We also offer a number of services for treasure hunters including online coin auctions, a club directory and a metal detecting forum.more
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14. Detecting Forum
A metal detecting forum with discussions on topics like metal detector reviews, old prospecting and treasure hunting.
detecting.org.uk/f..
8 posts / year View Recent Threads
15. New Hampshire Metal Detecting Forum
New Hampshire Metal Detecting Forum talks about treasures found, native american artifacts, prospecting etc.
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Additional Forumsⓘ
- XP Forum | XP Metal Detectors is a Metal detecting community.
- Detector Prospector » Metal Detecting & Gold Prospecting Forums is a forum about metal detecting for coins, gold, relics, jewelry plus equipment reviews and more.
- Australian Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting Community a community for those that like to play in the Dirt.
Metal Detecting Subforums
| Forum Name | Subforum Name | Subforum Description | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Detecting Forum | General Hobby Discussion | If you are new to the hobby or the forum introduce yourself here. | |
| Find a Hunting Buddy | Looking for someone in your area to detect with? Check here. | ||
| Beach and Water Hunting | Discuss various aspects of beach and water hunting. | ||
| Coinshooters and Relic Hunters | Metal detecting parks, fields, foundations, cellar holes, and woods. | ||
| War Relic Hunting | War relic recovery, including Civil, Revolutionary, WW1, WW2. | ||
| Caches, Old Bottles, and other Treasures | Gold prospecting, cache hunting, shipwrecks and hoards | ||
| Research and Getting Permission | Places to detect and how to get permission. | ||
| Stories and Pictures of Finds | Share stories and images of your finds with others | ||
| Help To ID My Finds | Not sure what you found? Let us help to ID your finds. | ||
| Cleaning Your Finds | Discussions about different methods of cleaning your finds. | ||
| What's the Value? | Information on coins, collecting, coin roll hunting, all about gold and silver | ||
| Lost and Found | Post a lost item, or share a story of a lost treasure returned. | ||
| All About Detectors | Information and questions about detectors, old and new models included. | ||
| How to Use Your Metal Detector | Post your special programs, metal detecting tips, or ask a question. | ||
| Advice on Detector Purchase | Need help with purchasing a metal detector? Ask us! | ||
| Metal Detector Accessories | Questions about pinpointers, scoops, digging tools, and how to use them. | ||
| Make It or Fix It Yourself | Did you make or fix something? Show us your work! | DIY Forums | |
| Forum Help & Announcements | Questions about forum use and updates. Member announcements | ||
| Clubs, Hunts, and Events | Post info about your club, upcoming hunts, outings and shows. | ||
| Member links | Promote a website/blog here, must be related to metal detecting. | ||
| Family Friendly Topics | Warning: If posts/threads are not "G" rated, it will get deleted. | ||
| Member Contests | Member held contests for fun or prizes | ||
| Detecting News & General Chat | General discussion and News related to metal detecting. | ||
| Identification of Detecting Finds | Finds and artefacts found while out metal detecting which require identifying. | ||
| Detecting Finds and Stories | Metal detecting finds and stories. | ||
| Detecting Permissions | Question and issues related to gaining Metal detecting permissions. | ||
| Detecting Beaches, Rivers and Water | metal detecting beaches, rivers and other water related areas. | ||
| Finding a Detecting Buddy | Finding a Buddy to detect with. | ||
| Detecting Rallies | Metal detecting Rallies | ||
| Detecting Clubs | Metal detecting Clubs | ||
| How to Clean and Preserve Your Finds | How to clean preserve your metal detecting finds. | ||
| Detecting guides and Tips | Metal detecting guide and tips. | ||
| Value Your detecting finds | Value your metal detector finds. | ||
| Detecting Finds and Coins Storage Display | Storage and display for your metal detecting finds and coins. | ||
| Detecting Hoards and Treasure Finds | Metal detecting Hoards and Treasure finds. | ||
| Beginners Detecting | Beginners guides and tips to help you start out in metal detecting. | ||
| Detecting Research | Research resource for metal detecting. | ||
| Bottle Digging Forum | Bottle Digging and collecting in The UK. | ||
| Fossils & Stone Tools Forum | Finding Fossils and Stone Tools while out metal detecting. | Fossil Forums | |
| Pottery identification Forum | Finding and identifying old pottery and fragments while out metal detecting. | ||
| Finding Military Ordnance Forum | Finding military and ordnance while metal detecting. | ||
| Beaches to Metal Detect | Beaches you can and cannot go metal detecting on by County. | ||
| International Metal Detecting Friends | News from our International Friends. | ||
| Lost Something Metal, Ring, jewellery ? - National Search Service | Lost a wedding ring, car keys or house keys etc ? post here for help. | ||
| ID Challenge Archive | Past ID Challenges can be found in this forum. | ||
| Nokta Makro Detectors Forum | Forum group for the discussion of Nokta Makro metal detectors. | ||
| Minelab Detectors Forum | Minelab metal detectors. | ||
| XP Detectors Forum | Forum group for the discussion of XP metal detectors. | ||
| Teknetics Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion of the Teknetics metal detectors. | ||
| CScope Detectors Forum | Forum group for the discussion of CScope metal detectors. | ||
| Laser & Tesoro Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion of the Laser / Tesoro metal detectors. | ||
| Whites Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion of the Whites metal detectors. | ||
| Fisher Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion of the Fisher metal detectors. | ||
| Quest Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion on the Quest metal detectors. | ||
| NEXUS Detectors Forum | Forum group discussion of the Nexus metal detectors. | ||
| Metal Detector Reviews | Forum group dedicated to personal metal detector reviews. | ||
| Detector Accessories Forum | Forum group discussion of Metal detecting accessories. | ||
| Used Second-Hand Metal Detectors | Used Second-hand metal detectors and accessories gear for sale. | ||
| Garys Detecting | General detecting talk | General detecting talk | |
| MH Metal Detecting Forum | GENERAL HOBBY TALK | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-General metal detecting related discussions | |
| TREASURES FOUND | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-Share your finds here | ||
| BEACH & WATER HUNTING | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-Treasures from sand to sea | ||
| TECH TALK | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-For technical related discussions | Tech Forums | |
| THE WHATZIT CORNER | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-If you need help identifying an item, this is the place to do it | ||
| PROSPECTING | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-Gold prospecting related discussion | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-Native American related finds or questions | ||
| THE CLOSET | New Hampshire Metal Detecting-Past topics preserved for historical purposes (read-only) | ||
| Anerican Detectorist | The Display Case | Display of exceptional finds members have made over the years. American Detectorist staff selected. | |
| General Metal Detecting Discussion | A place to discuss general metal detecting topics and news. | ||
| Awards | Member Awards | ||
| Hunting Buddies | Meet and detect with other detectorists from your area. | ||
| Share Your Coinshooting Stories and Photos | We love to see what you have found, so don't be shy about sharing! | ||
| Cleaning and Storage of Finds | Want to remove that crust of soil from a found coin? Discuss proper methods - but beware! | ||
| Relic Finds | Is relic hunting your passion? Here you can discuss and share photos of your finds with others. | ||
| Beaches, Ponds, and Lakes | There is much 'treasure' to be found while shallow water detecting. Post your finds and stories. | ||
| What Is It? | If you need assistance identifying a coin or coin variety, relic, or other item, post a photo and your question here. | ||
| Minelab | |||
| White's | |||
| AHRPS | General Metal Detecting | Wide-open Forum to discuss any make or model detector a hobbyist might enjoy. Tips, techniques, metal detector use, field tests and support. There is no âbrand loyaltyâ so share what you know! Whether a beginner, a part-time hobbyist, or an avid detectorist we can all enjoy this site. | |
| Relic / Old Site Hunting | This Forum should be topic-specific discussions that are related to sites such as ghost towns, homesteads, logging, mining or railroad camps/towns, old recreation/resort sites, pioneer or military encampments, battle sites, stage stops, etc. | ||
| Traditional Coin Hunting | This Forum is geared toward the typical âCoin Hunterâ (playgrounds, schools, parks, beach, etc. ) and posts should be âon topicâ regarding either âHow-Toâ questions and suggestions, or sharing your Coin Hunting success with others. | ||
| DeepTech Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by DeepTech Metal Detectors. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| Fisher, Teknetics & Bounty Hunter Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with these brands of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Fisher Labs, Teknetics nd Bounty Hunter Metal Detectors. Please keep your discussions product-related to these brands. | ||
| Garrett Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Garrett Metal Detectors. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| Minelab Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Minelab Electronics. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| Nokta Detection Technologies Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with these brands of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Nokta or by Makro. Please keep your discussions product-related to these brands. | ||
| Tesoro Electronics Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Tesoro Electronics. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| White's Electronics Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by Whites Electronics. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| XP Metal Detectors | This Forum is for sharing your experiences afield with this brand of detectors. You are welcome to ask questions and discuss the various models, search coils and accessories offered by XP Metal Detectors. Please keep your discussions product-related to this brand. | ||
| Annual Coin Tally Goals and Personal Progress | This is simply a way to have some Fun by sharing what YOUR personal goal is for the year, and reporting in on YOUR personal progress towards that goal. It is NOT a contest or a challenge between two or more people. It is simply an individual setting their personal Annual Coin Count Goal of their countrys common mintage coins for their own country. USA, Canada, Mexico, France, wherever they live. It doesnt include Foreign coins, which are those not minted for regular use for their country. Other finds of interest, be them Foreign coins, Trade Tokens, good jewelry, etc., can be reported in other Forums as desired. | ||
| Annual USA 'Old US Coin Tally' for 2020 | This site will be for reporting older US Coins found during the year shown.. It will be here to review throughout the year, but will be Closed until December 1st of 2020 at which time it will be open for everyone to tally up and report their older coin discoveries & recoveries made this year. When submitting your Annual Old US Coin Tally, please use the format shown below. | ||
| Buy / Sell / Trade | This Forum is for registered members to advertise metal detectors, search coils, or related detector accessories. Please, accurately describe the items condition, and price you are asking. Do not put links to any other sites in your post. Non-topic posts or those with links to other sellers will be deleted. Picture links are acceptable. | ||
| Minelab Owners | Audio/Video | Video created by our members. ENJOY!! | |
| Minelabowners.com Site Technical Support | Ask questions on how to use this site or report bugs. This area is open for everyone to post in.Got a problem with the site? Spotted a bug in the software or simply don't know how to do something concerning the forum? then post your question here for our technical experts. They wil help you to find the answer. Note: Questions relating to detecting will be automatically deleted. | ||
| Manticore | A forum devoted to Minelabâs flagship metal detector. | ||
| Minelab Explorer SE / SE PRO | Explorer SE /SE PRO is a top-of-the-line metal detector from Minelab. | ||
| Beach Hunting | |||
| Treasure Hunters | Newbies | Newbies | |
| Classifieds | Classifieds | ||
| Beach and Water Hunting | Beach and Water Hunting | ||
| Detecting Forum | Metal Detecting Finds | Post pictures and information about metal detecting finds here | |
| Programs For Computerized Metal Detectors | Post and discuss your best programs for your Whites, Garrett & XP Deus detectors here | ||
| Metal Detecting on the Beach | Discuss the best metal detectors for wet and dry sand, finds and good beach detecting sites. | ||
| Mudlarks & Mudlarking, Searching the Thames Foreshore | Discuss mudlarking and searching tidal river forshores here | ||
| Detector Prospector | Detector Prospector Forum | Prospecting & metal detecting for gold - other forums here. | |
| Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics | Metal detecting for coins & relics - other forums here. | ||
| Metal Detecting For Jewelry | Metal detecting for jewelry on land or in water - other forums here. | ||
| Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons | Metal detector advice plus comparisons of different models - other forums here. | ||
| Metal Detecting & Prospecting Classifieds | Buy, sell, or trade anything remotely related to prospecting and metal detecting. | ||
| Compass, D-Tex, Tesoro, Etc. | Past metal detector brands forum - other forums here. | ||
| First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics | First Texas - Bounty Hunter, Fisher & Teknetics metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| Garrett Metal Detectors | Garrett metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| Minelab Metal Detectors | Minelab metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| Minelab Equinox Forum | A forum for discussion of the Minelab Equinox. Other forums here. | ||
| Minelab Excalibur Forum | A forum for discussion of the Minelab Excalibur. Other forums here. | ||
| Minelab Manticore Forum | A forum for discussion of the Minelab Manticore. Other forums here. | ||
| Nokta / Makro Metal Detectors | Nokta / Makro metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| Nokta / Makro Legend Forum | A forum for discussion of the Nokta/Makro Legend. Other forums here. | ||
| Tarsacci Metal Detectors | Tarsacci metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| White's Metal Detectors | White's metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| XP Metal Detectors | XP metal detecting forum - other forums here. | ||
| Metal Detecting For Meteorites | Metal detecting for meteorites - other forums here. | ||
| Gold Panning, Sluicing, Dredging, Drywashing, Etc | Recovering gold with anything but a detector - other forums here. | ||
| Rocks, Minerals, Gems & Geology | Prospecting and collecting - other forums here. | ||
| Australian Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting Community | General Detecting Chatter | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-General Metal Detecting Discussion, This is our Main Coin and Relic Board and where the forum Originated from. Example: Ask Questions, offer some advice or share an interesting story you found. | |
| AMDRH Community Feedback & Tutorials | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Please ask any Community related questions here. if you need to know how something works then check in here as well as there will be some basic tutorials to get you started on the right foot. If you have a specific tutorial you would like made then please ask in this area Only. DO NOT ask general forum related questions inside existing threads please. Ask Away. Clegy and the Mods | ||
| TEST AREA TEMPORARY | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-TEST Posts for the New Format. Play around from here and when we are all comfortable it will get deleted. I'll clean it up from time to time. Clegy | ||
| General Gold Chatter | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Public Chat about everything Gold Detecting Specific. | ||
| Everything Off Topic | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Got something to say that is not related to Metal Detecting? Put it here...NOTE: This area may contain material that is considered offensive or objectionable to some people. Its not quite that bad but just in case your not amused by what cracks others up, the warning is there. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK. Political and religious debates are for other forums and will be removed by mods. Please keep these 2 topics for Other places where they are appropriate. The only exception is any Political decision that directly relates to prospecting, fossicking or detecting and may affect the wider forum community. | ||
| Detecting Tips and Tricks | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Useful tips and tricks for the novice and seasoned professional. If you have some advice or a tip that may help others and make their detecting life a little better then please share it here. "No need to share your spots, but we wouldn't mind seeing the settings" if you get my drift. | ||
| I'm heading out, Wanna come along? (Restricted to Members Iron and above | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-This is the place to find a detecting partner or a group that you may be able to hook up with for a detect. [b]GOLD or COINS and RELICS.[/b] Please take all the sensible precautions when meeting new people for the first time. Detecting with others is more fun, so reach out tell us where you are and you may just get a crowd of rowdy members along for the ride. Or better yet 1 or 2 of the more sensible ones. Make sure they chip in for fuel. 🙂 | ||
| Coin and Relic Adventures and outings | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Share your Finds here (Coin and Relic) Tell us a little story to go with the photos too. We want to read and see it all, the good the bad and the ugly. Please NOTE: Clothing is mandatory in all photos in this section. You have been warned. | ||
| Beach and Water Hunting | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Do you prefer to do it on the beach? Well so do a lot of others, This is the place to share your beach finds and try and figure out how to locate more goodies in the sand or in the drink. Ask away we have a mod that is an excellent beach detectorist. | ||
| Research Resources and Finds ID Help. | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Post the Finds here you need help Identifying or use our research center and the many many links are in here to help you research your finds, find new areas to hunt and also make sure your legal. Just use the advanced search option to get the most accurate results. A Huge treasure trove of information that we would love you to add to. | ||
| Gold Adventures and outings | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about your Gold Prospecting and Detecting outings and adventures. | ||
| Gold Hunting Tips and Tricks | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Members Only because the information in here is very very good. Ask your questions about technique, equipment and other gold detecting related matters. You can try and ask for some GPS co-ordinates but I don't like your chances. Experienced Gold hunters please help the new guys out with your wisdom. TIA | ||
| Bounty Hunter | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about the Bounty Hunter range of metal detectors | ||
| Garrett | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about the Garrett range of metal detectors. | ||
| Minelab | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about the Minelab range of metal detectors. | ||
| Nokta Makro | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about the Nokta Makro range of detectors and accessories. | ||
| Nokta | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-Discussions about the Nokta range of detectors and accessories. | ||
| General Camping Outdoors. | Australian - Metal Detecting - Relic Hunting-If there's no Board for it, It goes in here. Outdoors and Camping discussion |
