How to Recognize Iron Wrap Around
Learn how metal detector iron wrap around creates false silver signals from deep iron and how to recognize and avoid this common detecting pitfall.
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Setting Up Your Detector for Black Sand Rivers
Learn how to configure your multi-frequency detector for heavy magnetite rivers. Mode selection, ground balance, sensitivity, and coil choice explained.
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How Wet Soil Skews Your Detector’s ID Numbers
Learn why wet soil makes metal detector target ID numbers climb, how dissolved minerals skew VDI readings, and why you should dig borderline signals.
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XP ICON Review 2026: The Honest Truth Before You Buy
XP ICON & ICON-X metal detector review: specs, price, beach use and how they stack up against the Deus II and Equinox 900. Is the ICON worth buying?
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The Detuning Trick
Learn the detuning trick to stop pinpointer falsing in highly mineralized clay. Power on with the tip against the soil to ground balance and tame chatter.
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Locating Old Rural Schoolhouse Sites
Learn how to use historical county school records, plat maps, deeds, and censuses to locate forgotten 19th-century schoolhouse sites for metal detecting.
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Simplex Ultra vs XP ICON. The Honest Beginner Guide
XP ICON vs Nokta Simplex Ultra: compare price, waterproofing, beach use and weight to find the best metal detector for beginners in 2026.
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Red Dirt Silver: Metal Detecting in Red Clay Done Right
Learn how to manually ground balance your VLF detector for Sierra Foothills red clay and recover deep silver other detectorists miss.
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GPZ 8000 vs GPX 6000 vs Magnetar 9000: Best Gold PI 2026
Compare depth, weight, price and coils for the GPZ 8000, GPX 6000 and Nokta Magnetar 9000, and find out which gold metal detector fits you.
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How to Detect Along Active and Historic Barbed Wire Fence Lines
Learn how to detect along active and historic barbed wire fence lines, manage EMI interference, and find targets others miss with these proven techniques.
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