The IWA, which stands for Internationale Waffen Ausstellung, is a trade fair held in Germany for outdoor activities, hunting, shooting sports and security equipment industries. The event takes place annually, and this year it was held in March. It is quite exciting to see the big name metal detector manufacturers hosting stalls at these events to showcase their latest products and even to announce new products, and this year was no exception. Quest Metal Detectors Quest was showcasing their all new HyperQ simultaneous multi frequency metal detectors. These are the V60 and V80 detectors. The ..read more

The Legend has launched! Nokta Makro continues to knock down barriers by launching their latest waterproof simultaneous multi frequency metal detector, which by the specs, looks like a very impressive machine. The Simplex+ was the companies breakthrough machine in the market, proving that you can really pack a lot of features on to a detector at an entry level price point. Nokta Makro had listened to the needs of their customers and added the features they wanted, all while keeping the costs low – and it proved to be really successful. The Simplex+ may be a great value for money detector, howe ..read more

This article relates to VLF (Very Low Frequency) metal detectors, which account for most hobby detectors as well as some gold detectors on the market today. If you look at the specifications of the metal detector, you will find a frequency that the machine runs at. Some examples: Garrett ACE 200i – 6.5 kHz Nokta Simplex+ – 12 kHz Minelab Equinox 800 – Multi, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40 kHz Nokta Gold Kruzer – 61 kHz So what do these numbers actually mean and should you worry about them? Well this depends, if you a just want a machine to have some fun with in the park to see what you can find, then no, i ..read more

I came across this fantastic guide from Smarterhobby.com – so all credit goes to Mark Orwig for writing this article. (Some products and prices changed to fit in line with the South African market)   E​ver since James Marshall’s 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill, prospecting in the United States has been the ultimate treasure hunt. Prospecting gold nuggets with a metal detector is a thrilling hobby that’s both fun and (financially) rewarding. But with so many machines on the market, how do you know which is the best metal detector for gold? This go-to guide is packed with useful in ..read more

The latest update for the Minelab Equinox series of metal detectors has been released. If you have not updated yours already, here is a brief run down on how to do it and why you should be doing it. Follow this link to download the latest Minelab Update Utility (MUU) to your computer (you can choose a windows or mac version depending on your computer): https://www.minelab.com/equinox-software-update-2-0?fbclid=IwAR38OUO6DpuSjdwSUtP2WvV3x5DKUfVIX1hF6-3iLlcsUJnNd_MV-fbHRnM Once the MUU is downloaded, open the application and follow these instructions: 1. Connect the EQUINOX to the computer US ..read more

A few months ago, I launched the online store for Treasure Hunters and its been growing from strength to strength. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone who has purchased from our online store. The support has been truly amazing and I appreciate every single sale made. Its been an incredible journey thus far and cant wait to see what the future holds for the online store. We will continue to add more products in the coming months but more importantly we will always strive to ensure you have a pleasant shopping experience through ease of use as well as excellent custo ..read more

Not only do I enjoy metal detecting but also love dabbling around with the camera (both photography and videography) and have had this burning desire to create a short film on metal detecting for some time now. Of course what I had in mind and what the final outcome of the film turned out to be was complete opposites! I was thinking more actors, dialogue – something more along the lines of the series “Detectorists” but on a much smaller scale with much less of a budget (aka zero budget). But in the end, I settled on me, myself and I as the actor, camera operator, drone flyer, voice over artist ..read more

If there was only one thing I could advise you on, just one thing, it would be to check your holes again after digging a target. Get into the habit of always ensuring there really is nothing left in the hole before covering it back up. I went for a little beach hunt the other night and really was not finding anything (beach was sanded in) but then came across this one hole on the dry sand… the hole that kept on giving. Started off with just a single tone, dug and found a 1 dollar coin. Bingo, before covering up, lets just check that there is nothing left in the hole, bang, anoth ..read more

G’day mate and greetings from Australia! I know I have not posted a blog entry for a long time, so for that I do apologise – it was not a case that I had stopped metal detecting but rather a case of not finding much… at all! I am presently working in Perth, Australia ( I know I have moved around a lot, I do feel like a gypsy some days) so I will be blogging from here for a while (until the next move that is)! So where to begin? Well let me start by telling you that metal detecting is pretty big here, I follow some Australian metal detecting sites online and there are many more active dete ..read more

The Legend has launched! Nokta Makro continues to knock down barriers by launching their latest waterproof simultaneous multi frequency metal detector, which by the specs, looks like a very impressive machine. The Simplex+ was the companies breakthrough machine in the market, proving that you can really pack a lot of features on to a detector at an entry level price point. Nokta Makro had listened to the needs of their customers and added the features they wanted, all while keeping the costs low – and it proved to be really successful. The Simplex+ may be a great value for money detector, howe ..read more