Metal detecting: all you need to know to get started

✍ Scribed by Crisp, Dave

• Publisher: ACG Publications
• Year: 2013;2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you have ever thought of taking up metal detecting as a hobby, or would like to give somebody a book on the subject, then this is the one to buy.;Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Brief History of Metal Detectors and Our Hobby; Equipment; Starter Detectors On Test; Organisations, Clubs and Dealers; Where To Search and Ten Ways To Gain Permission; The Dangers of the Farm; Detecting Land; How To Detect; What You Can Find -- Coins; What You Can Find Artefacts; Portable Antiquities and Treasure; Cleaning, Conserving and Researching Finds; Upgrading to a More Expensive Machine; Not One Hoard, But Two!; Appendices; The Treasure Act; The National Council for Metal Detecting; Further Reading; Useful Contacts; Grid References.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
Brief History of Metal Detectors and Our Hobby
Equipment
Starter Detectors On Test
Organisations, Clubs and Dealers
Where To Search and Ten Ways To Gain Permission
The Dangers of the Farm
Detecting Land
How To Detect
What You Can Find --
Coins
What You Can Find Artefacts
Portable Antiquities and Treasure
Cleaning, Conserving and Researching Finds
Upgrading to a More Expensive Machine
Not One Hoard, But Two!
Appendices
The Treasure Act
The National Council for Metal Detecting
Further Reading
Useful Contacts
Grid References.

✦ Subjects

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