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The crops are coming in. Permission season is now in full swing. The coil that worked all summer in a trashy park is not the tool for 300 acres of clean stubble. Here’s how to match your coil to the...

Before you put your metal detector away after your last beach hunt, clean it, dry it, check for wear or corrosion, and replace any worn or corroded parts. Saltwater hunting takes a toll on your gear. Salt, sand, moisture, and...

Quick answer If your wireless headphones will not pair with your metal detector, charge and reboot both units, put the headphones in pairing mode (instead of just powering them up), delete any old connection they are holding, and make sure...

Last Updated: 1st, September 2026 Quick Answer Minelab Race to the Realm 2026 is still active, but qualification is closed. The three qualifying rounds ended on August 19, 2026, and Minelab says 15 finalists will advance to a two-day, real-world...

Quick Answer An IP68 rating doesn’t mean a metal detector is suitable for scuba diving. IP68 only tells us that the housing is sealed against dust and can survive being submerged deeper than 1 meter under conditions chosen by the...

Last updated: August 2026. Compiled by the Detector Warehouse team from Nokta's published specifications and early field reports from prospectors running the machine. Quick answer: Nokta’s first pulse induction (PI) metal detector is the Nokta Magnetar 9000 for gold prospecting...

Quick AnswerThe XP ICON uses FMF (Fast Multi Frequency) technology, which reads multiple frequencies at once instead of just one, giving more stable target separation and ground balance across coin parks, relic fields, jewelry beaches, gold claims, and saltwater shorelines....

Quick AnswerOn most private property with permission of the owner (and many public beaches below the high tide line) metal detecting is legal. Generally, there are prohibitions on National Park Service land and restrictions on federal land protected under the...

Quick Answer The Garrett AT MAX is a fully waterproof, all terrain VLF metal detector with a frequency of 13.6 kHz, is 10 feet underwater, and includes built-in Z-Lynk wireless audio with Garrett's MS-3 headphones. Recommended for coin, jewelry, relic...