HOW HARD CAN IT BE…

to metal detect

Beep, beep, listen out for a metal detecting sweep A bit of kit: the first hurdle is getting a detector – try second-hand. There are also online tutorials to make your own (see hackaday.com). Find headphones, something to dig with, gloves and a pinpointer to home in on finds. Permit me: perhaps the hardest, but essential bit is getting landowner permission to detect. You could start in your garden. Crown Estate Beaches (if not Sites of Special Scientific Interest) permit detectors. Or find a group with pre-arranged outings. This must be the place: Norfolk, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and Hampshire fare better statistically for ‘treasures' (a specific term in metal detecting): all fairly rural – and flat! Master technique: walking slowly, sweep in a semicircle in front, keeping the coil level, around…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023

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