Once I went metal-detecting without my GPS. Luckily the site was not far from my home and I found only one object worth collecting, so I could mark the spot with a stick and return after dinner to get the coordinates. Another time I forgot my rubber boots and was confused by my detector’s strange behaviour until I realised that I was wearing heavy steel-capped workman’s shoes that triggered the detector at a distance of decimeters.
These days I have a checklist that I use to pack for metal-detecting. Here’s what I need to bring when going into the field.
- Metal detector (!)
- Batteries
- Spade
- Headphones
- Ziplock baggies
- Pens
- GPS navigator
- Camera
- Coin manual
- Working gloves
- Orange road-worker’s vest
- Lunch
- Water
- (Check weather forecast)