Beginners Guide to Metal Detecting

Beginners Guide to Metal Detecting. Soft back, 90 pages, Illustrated Colour, 19cm x 25cm.

This book is a very useful introduction to the hobby. Advice on where to look, what to look for, gaining permission, other detectorist's finds, cleaning, restoring & further reading. The Beginners Guide has everything you will need to know to get the most from this fascinating hobby.

Chapters include:

• Author profiles,
• Introduction,
• The different types of detector available,
• Detecting accessories,
•  Where to detect,
• Researching potential sites,
• Gaining search permission,
• Fieldwalking and what to look for,
• Search techniques and methods,
• Examples of detector found artefacts,
• A positive attitude from archaeology,
• Identifying, recording, cleaning, storing and displaying finds,
• Making a connection with your finds and creating time lines,
• Further reading and assistance,
• Further information,
• Glossary of terms.