Analytics
Metal Detecting Data: Spot Patterns Across Your Hunts
Finds per hunt, keeper rate, top locations, VDI distribution, depth bands — here is how simple stats reveal patterns your memory would miss.
The DetectingLog Blog
Field-tested tips, beginner guides, and product news to help you log smarter hunts and find more keepers.
Privacy
Private by Default: Be Careful Sharing Detecting Locations
Why detectorists should keep their sites private — landowner trust, site preservation, theft risk — and how local-first logging protects your spots.
Logbook
How to Document Finds with Photos, Notes, and Context
Good find records are worth more than the finds. Here is how to photograph, note, and contextualise your detecting finds — and why not to over-clean them.
Planning
Planning a Better Metal Detecting Hunt
Weather, soil, tides, access, and safety — plan your hunt before you leave home to waste fewer trips and dig more. A practical pre-hunt checklist.
Signals
Trash vs Treasure: Improve Your Keeper Rate Over Time
Digging junk is part of detecting — but patterns can cut the wasted digging. Here is how to raise your keeper rate without missing the good finds.
Signals
Metal Detector Settings: What to Track and Why
Sensitivity, discrimination, frequency, soil — there is no single best setting. Here is how to track settings per hunt so the patterns become visible.
Signals
VDI Numbers Explained: Learn Your Detector's Signals
What VDI numbers really mean, why they shift with soil and depth, and how to build your own signal history so you dig smarter and guess less.
Logbook
How GPS Pins Help You Remember Productive Sites
Your memory loses your best detecting spots. Here is how GPS pins help you revisit productive ground — without exposing your sites to anyone else.
Logbook
What to Record in a Metal Detecting Logbook
A good detecting log is a learning system, not a diary. Here is exactly what to record on every hunt so patterns and better finds follow.
Permissions
How to Ask a Landowner for Metal Detecting Permission
A respectful, proven approach to getting metal detecting permission — what to say, what to offer, how to handle no, and what to put in writing.
Permissions
Where Can You Metal Detect Legally? A Practical Checklist
Metal detecting laws vary by country, council, and landowner. Use this check-before-you-dig framework to detect legally and keep your access for good.
Beginners
The Responsible Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting
Everything a new detectorist needs: choosing gear, getting permission, a simple hunt workflow, and the habits that turn you into a better hunter fast.