Looking for book reccomendation

[Bell-Two]

Excuse me if this is a bit off topic I am looking for suggestions for a book or books on metal detecting. I have Andy's two books already. I am looking for something more than the beginners type books, something that may show some of the personal adventure type things of metal detecting. Most of the "tips" type books are so generic that you can't tell one from the other. I do use the E-Trac.

 

[NebTrac]

Tony,

I sure look into the references in Andy's books. He's got quite a list, for sure in his latest Treasure book. I can't remember who all he refered to, but I know there were 4 or 5.

NebTrac

 

[Nick A]

Charles Garrett's Successful Coin Hunting is still a great read. As are any of Karl Von Mueller's books. Remind me later Tony and I can loan them to you at the next Dayton Diggers' meeting. As far as I know there are no new books like these on the market.

 

[gingerlm]

are you looking for how to run the etrac at its full potential or looking for history to find a great place to metal detect..../// andy's handbook is the best as far as i'm concerned...my partner and i have dug over 35 colonials aqnd one cents, gold bracelet and 4 silver relases...tonight i dug aq 1814 50 cent...its awesome...will get pics up in a couple of days.....other than that...old maps, historical society, town ahl and old books from the towns you want to metal detect has been awesome for us....we have a bunch of treasure magazines and such, but that stuff has already been found...best to look up libraries and such... i've read so many forums and the best advice i got was 95% research and all your life detecting....lol...it does work...ginger

 

[Digger]

In addition to those mentioned, I'd recommend "Taking a Closer Look at Metal Detector Discrimination" by Robert C. Brockett. It's been around for quite awhile. But it is one of the best books I've ever read on how (and why) targets respond as they do. JMHO HH Randy

 

[Bell-Two]

The following quote is from the same request made on the Explorer Forum

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& as far as Minelab stories, experiences, user advice, & Bryce's quality field tests, there's tons of great reading right on this forum!

I do read many of those articles but it would be nice to have something like them collected in a book format. I do collect and collate different articles from a multitude of sources on the many different forums on specific themes, such as Bryce's coil reviews. Another is on techniques and settings for my machine. I also collate and particularly enjoy those posts that "tell a story". Bryce could write a book about his years of metal detecting that would be of immense interest, from his beggining steps until the current time. I know I would BUY it and would assume many others would as well.
There is a niche out there for publications that currently is not being filled, in my opinion. I once queried a large bookstore in my area why in there games section they overwhelmingly carried so many begginers books on Chess, I was a master level competitive chess player so my interest was in more advanced books. The response was "Well those are about the only ones we sell" I replied "That is because those are the only ones you carry!" The store manager asked me to suggest some books and I did and they could not keep them on the shelves! They had to increase size of section to accomodate them. The manager changed, the new manager went back to the "old" method of ordering books and their sales fell off. The point of this is there is a "large market" for more advanced books that ENTERTAIN as well as educate the metal detecting maven such as the many that post and read this and other forums. I read and enjoyed the two Sabisch books "E-Trac & Explorer" and the "Treasure Hunters Manual" because they wove instruction in with entertaining writing. Such books even if they are not specifically about the detector I use would still be of interest to me and many others.

 

[akelley]

In addition to those mentioned, I'd recommend "Taking a Closer Look at Metal Detector Discrimination" by Robert C. Brockett. It's been around for quite awhile. But it is one of the best books I've ever read on how (and why) targets respond as they do. JMHO HH Randy

I second this recommendation. Great book, really helped me to learn what I was missing

Cheers,
-Alex

 

[gingerlm]

i really believe in finding out about the history of the sites you want to hunt....i recently bought a huge bundle of old treasure hunting magazines on ebay....really cool stuff...but i've bougt old books from amazon too....study them and then go hunt..i've had excellent results....i study andy's book and read everyones forums too....theres so much info .....i just try and put as many hours in on my etrac as possible to learn and study history and its paying off...i've found enough great things so far to pay for my machine and then some in the last two months....now its time to buy a probe...lol.....good luck....ginger