What is a Hobby Metal detector – Metal detecting as a hobby is becoming more and more popular in South Africa, hobby metal detecting is also becoming popular with a family hobby. Children and even grandchildren will be very excited to join in on all the awesome fun. 

The hobby of metal detecting has become very popular all around the globe. In England and Australia, metal detecting is taken up very seriously by many. South Africa is only really getting serious about metal detecting now so be sure to be one of the first at all different areas and find all the treasures a hobby metal detector can find you. Owning a hobby metal detector in South Africa will be loads of fun and exciting as a hobby. You will never forget all the excitement when you find your treasures.

Here are some tips for South African conditions with a hobby metal detector:

Swinging your hobby metal detector begins with moving your metal detectors search coil from left to right in a steady manner with keeping it straight at all times in a line that runs parallel to you. Make sure the coil is straight ahead at a distance from the ground about 3 centimetres away.

Searching on a large area with a metal detector can get tricky but Walking in parallel lines can help you. You can walk in a straight line then turn and come back in the opposite direction with a little overlap in you coil sweep.  Continue doing this until you have covered a nice large block of your target area.

You can do some research before using a metal detector at the beach. Old photos or postcards of beaches will show you where many people congregated in the old days. Tidal pools often work nicely. Tidal pools can stop waves from washing away lost treasures.

Hobby metal detecting on rough terrains can also get complicating you can screen out non-valuable metals and iron on your hobby metal detector you can choose these selections on your hobby metal detector. You can turn down the sensitivity option on your hobby metal detector. It is highly recommended that you use a smaller coil this will allow you to focus on smaller patches of the ground under your coil and will give you less false readings especially in hobby metal detecting in tough terrains.

Do some hobby metal detecting research by observing peoples habits as they go about in their everyday lives. Where do people gather stand about and chat the most, where children go to play in parks and allot of taxi drop-offs are also known as a good spot for hobby metal detecting. If you are in a location where people no longer go try to figure out where they might have gathered. Take time to chat with the elderlies in your family or neighbourhood. Gathering some information from elderlies about old places they used to visit like parks buildings and farms. This is very good information and they would love to share all their stories with you. You could also get hold of all the records from your town, all old maps and even newspapers all from the past could give you some nice research for hobby metal detectors.

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