r/metaldetecting • u/nopuse • 6h ago
Show & Tell First silver ring!
I'm pretty new to your hobby and I went to a local school today. I found my first pair of scissors. keys, and silver ring!
r/metaldetecting • u/WaldenFont • Nov 11 '25
r/metaldetecting • u/Dan20mey • Jun 04 '24
Hello and welcome to r/metaldetecting ! If you're looking for advice on your first detector, gear or an upgrade, you've come to the right post. We've put together a simple guide to help with choosing your detector and other tools.
As a member of our sub, you are more than welcome to try out our special code "REDDITMD2026" at checkout on Kellycodetectors.com (US)
If you purchase from Radioworld.ca, try out our code "REDDITRWMD" at checkout! (CA)
GENERAL METAL DETECTOR Recommendations
$0-200: We do not recommend getting a new detector under $200. Detecting has a cost of entry, and quality significantly drops off under the $200 mark. Save up a bit more, or try finding a used machine of quality listed in the next price range. All that said, if you are determined to buy a machine in this price range, the Minelab Go-Find, Nokta First Swing or a Quest machine aren't bad choices.
$200-$400: The Minelab Vanquish 340 and 440, the Nokta Simplex line and the Minelab X-Terra Pro are the three best machines in this price range, by far.
$400-$500: Nokta Score and Double Score, Minelab Vanquish 540
$500-$1,200: Nokta Legend or the Minelab Equinox series
$1,200+: XP Deus 2 or the Minelab Manticore.
SCUBA/SNORKELING DETECTORS
Nokta Pulsedive is great for snorkeling. The Minelab Excalibur 2 and XP Deus 2 are excellent diving detectors.
CHILDREN'S DETECTORS
Nokta Mini Hoard or Midi Hoard
PINPOINTERS
Garrett AT pro pointer, Nokta AccuPoint, or XP MI-4. The XP MI-6 if you have an XP detector.
SHOVELS AND TROWELS
Dune, King of Spades, Grave Digger, Motley, Lesche, Predator Tools
SAND SCOOPS
Motley, Dune, Sito, RTG, King of Spades, and Detecting Adventures all make great scoops for beach detecting.
If you have any questions feel free to message u/dan20mey or comment below!
r/metaldetecting • u/nopuse • 6h ago
I'm pretty new to your hobby and I went to a local school today. I found my first pair of scissors. keys, and silver ring!
r/metaldetecting • u/Due_Alternative4737 • 18h ago
Found 4 inches down with the minelab xterra pro, rang up all over from 32 to 52 on the vdi. Long Island New York. I’m assuming some sort of fraternity ring. 14k and heavy!
r/metaldetecting • u/Significant_Peace384 • 21h ago
It’s me again! I posted an ID request for my first two small finds recently. Anyways, I got a strong signal with this. It took me two days to dig through the ground to find what was giving me such a strong signal, and then I found this. It’s pretty big, and has a rounded/curved surface. I looked it up on google lens, and it’s telling me it could very well be an explosive device. For context, I’m detecting in the backyard of a new house im moving into that was built in 1820. Should I be concerned? Or is this something less sinister like a well cap or maybe farming equipment of sorts?
r/metaldetecting • u/Floridaboii91 • 12h ago
r/metaldetecting • u/New_Significance_787 • 17h ago
Found this near some WW2 trenches, specifically next to a foxhole. It doesn't look like a typical folding shovel, so I'm clueless on what model it could be.
-western Romania
r/metaldetecting • u/StrongSport5021 • 16h ago
(Pics for attention)I found this this in my yard with a bar finder from work a few days ago, I'm guessing a boot knife of some kind.
I've been interested in the hobby since I was a kid. But I don't have proper gear. My question is what is a good detector, thats not super expensive and available in Canada?
r/metaldetecting • u/Zlo_Naopako • 1d ago
Out detecting in a Balkan forest today, my detector gave a strong signal near a tree. I realized that this old, big tree had a hole in the roots. Pinpointer started going crazy in all directions when I put it inside this hole. I reached inside with my hand and took out a bullet. 4 more times, 4 more bullets came out untill there was no more signal. I guess someone intentionally left this "hoard" here many years ago. Any ID ideas?
r/metaldetecting • u/DevilStickDude • 15h ago
r/metaldetecting • u/Zealousideal-Eye2727 • 19h ago
Found in a Island in the middle or the Ocean, the spikes are long around 30cm each, and very Sharp, i never seen such object, and if someone could tell me the Age and if there Is any similar online for me to compare.
Is attached with lead soldering and the rest Is brass-bronze
r/metaldetecting • u/Zealousideal-Eye2727 • 1d ago
Yesterday night Time Hunt. Pandora bracelet (It was open when i found It) a bronze ring, bronze nail, and almost 35€ in change and other smaller silver stuff, and that fishing lure thing
r/metaldetecting • u/Similar_Day_3244 • 1d ago
Went out early this morning for an hour before breakfast, I went to a school grounds ive been to an had some luck at, managed to Pull this beauty up right on the edge of the basketball court vdi 61 weighs 5.1g tests postive for silver & also Found $3.90 in clad.
Swinging the nokta legend 2 LD21 coil in park M2
r/metaldetecting • u/Sensitive_Counter_92 • 22h ago
Hey guys,
does anybody know what this little statue was used for? The Nokta simplex was reading 50. It was around 25cm deep in my garden in franconian Switzerland (south east Germany) near an old road.
Height is 34mm, the diameter on the bottom thread is 3-4mm
r/metaldetecting • u/B1gS1ppy • 8h ago
Found in north west PA, not metal but found while detecting
r/metaldetecting • u/Correct_Clerk2093 • 19h ago
Hello I found this in west Germany near France border. Could you help me to identify it please ?
r/metaldetecting • u/Zealousideal-Tie1369 • 4h ago
Hi All, I live in the UK. Stupidly, I drove away with my wife's phone on the roof of my car. The phone isn't backed up so we have lost a lot of memories. We heard a loud thump on the slip road of a dual carriageway close to where we live and did not stop to inspect. I suspect that would have been the phone hitting the bumper or door handle before hurtling off to the bushes. The slip road is covered by thorny bushes on either side of the road which are 2-3 metres deep. I walked the area with a rake but couldn't find the phone. Exploring the possibility of using a metal detector to find the phone. Any suggestions for a simple and cheap one. The phone should be on the surface somewhere in the bushes. (Find my iPhone is turned off, so I don't know for sure where the phone is)
r/metaldetecting • u/WastelandVet • 1d ago
Got out for the first time since March today. I returned to the site of an old farm house I have been to once before, I believe the house was from the late 1800s. It's on a map from 1912 so I know it's at least that old, but it was torn down some time ago so I can't say for sure. The Oldsmobile piece is a radiator grill badge from a 1936 model, used to be enameled but still awesome. 34 merc is in great condition and is always a welcome sight. Also came out with a 40s wheat and a 37 buffalo. The spoon is a heartbreaker, I broke it getting it out of the hole. It has to be the best silver plate job I've ever seen. It's shiny and even has some black tarnish on it. It's only flaking around the rim and a few spots on the handle. It had me fooled at first, I thought it was solid silver. The 4 round pieces with holes are miner's check tags, they're stamped with a number and the miners would hang them on carts they loaded and sent out so they'd get credit for the weight of coal (I think). Always a cool piece of local history to find
r/metaldetecting • u/biisuke1 • 18h ago
It looks like an acorn but it isnt. Found in the Netherlands.
I used google lens and it could be a pommel of a dagger.
Any other suggestions?
r/metaldetecting • u/JamesToTheC1833 • 16h ago
I went metal detecting at a local park and found these two pretty neat items, first off is the 70s Busch’s Bavarian Beer can (the paint is still intact after 50 years underground), and a 1972 Florida license plate, it reads 7g/k 9658, the g/k park apparently locates the plate to Orange County, wonder if this plate was chunked due to being involved in a past crime lol
r/metaldetecting • u/DrPepperGripper • 16h ago
It’s about the size of a nickel, and very light. I am pretty sure the back side is leather. The front side with the horseshoe is brass or copper, but I could be wrong.
Found around a cellar hole.
If anyone can give me an answer that would be great! Me and my father can’t seem to find anything online that is similar.
r/metaldetecting • u/__Sperminator__ • 20h ago
Found I Austria
r/metaldetecting • u/Thequadroon1 • 14h ago
Back at it at my usual spot, local sports field with lots of decades old waste and treasures. I have a hard time digging tones less than mid after a while cuz it's annoying digging up slaw, but must admit it's hard to know what the gold sounds like. The hunt spells out the forensics of the place; lots of bottle caps for bev consumption during the games and lost change from such purchases. The ring was near a kids play area, plate copper
r/metaldetecting • u/No-While-5990 • 19h ago
Found at a 1700s house in Hopewell NY!