There’s nothing worse than your detector batteries going dead or being thirsty on a hot day because you forgot your water bottle. The following checklist will help ensure you have everything you need for a productive day of metal detecting.
- Metal Detector + headphones
- Extra coils if you have them
- Finds pouch
- Pinpointer
- Gloves
- Diggers
- Dropcloth
- GPS/Maps..
- Leatherman/Multitool – One time I used wire I found in an old barn to hold an arm cuff together after the screw fell out. Also good for tight connectors
- Extra Batteries for detector and pinpointer
- Lots of Water and a packed lunch or snack
- First aid kit (include a snake bite kit if woods hunting)
- Bug spray
- Chapstick
- Sunscreen
- Warm cloths including hat, scraf or neck warmer, extra set of dry gloves if cold out
- Rain cover for your detector
- Rain suit