Steve's Guides

These are "how to" guides on metal detecting and gold prospecting themes written by Steve Herschbach. Each article focuses on a single subject and they are meant to be relatively short but cover the topic well. Information both for beginners plus advanced topics for the pros.

Metal Detecting

• Steve's Guide to Headphones for Metal Detecting
• Steve’s Guide to Metal Detecting for Gold Nuggets
• Steve's Guide to Gold Nugget Detectors
• Steve's Guide to Metal Detectors with Reliable Target ID Numbers
• Steve’s Guide to VLF Metal Detectors and “More Depth”
• Steve's Guide to Metal Detector Search Coil Compatibility
• Steve's Guide to VLF Concentric vs DD Search Coils
• Steve's Guide to Threshold Autotune, SAT & V/SAT
• Steve's Guide to Metal Detector Mixed Modes
• Steve's Guide to Detecting Gold Jewelry Versus Aluminum
• Steve’s Guide to Why Detecting Thin Gold Chains Is Difficult
• Steve's Guide to Multifrequency Metal Detectors
• Steve’s Guide to Metal Detector Discrimination Basics
• Steve's Guide to Target Masking Differences Euro vs U.S.
• Steve’s Guide to Why Weak Non-Ferrous Targets Read As Ferrous
• Steve's Guide to Why Some Ferrous Reads Non-Ferrous
• Steve's Guide to Waterproof VLF Metal Detectors
• Steve's Guide to Beach Detecting For Gold Prospectors
• Steve's Guide to Gold Nugget Target ID Numbers
• Steve’s Guide To Why Detecting Tiny Gold In A Bottle Is Difficult
• Steve's Guide to VLF vs PI Depth Difference
• Steve's Guide to Pulse Induction Ground Balance
• Steve's Guide to Pulse Induction Discrimination
• Steve's Guide to Long Range Locators (LRLs)
• Steve's Guide to Beach Detecting For Gold Prospectors
• Steve's Guide to Differences Between Minelab SD, GP, & GPX
• Steve's Guide to Minelab GPX Timings
• Steve's Guide to Ground Tracking As A Filter
• Steve’s Guide To Detecting Gold In Quartz Rock & Mine Dumps
• Steve's Guide to Finding Gold Veins With A Metal Detector
• Steve's Guide to White's Electronics GMT versus MXT
• Steve's Guide to White's TDI Coin Settings
• Steve's Guide to Rebuilding The White's GMT
• White's MXT Engineering Guide
• Metal Detector Database with User Reviews

Prospecting

• Steve's Guide to How to Pan for Gold
• Steve's Guide to Suction Gold Dredges
• Steve's Guide to Where To Prospect For Gold
• Gold Prospecting Research Material For Alaska

General

• Other Metal Detecting & Prospecting Websites
• Steve's Guide to Successful Rock Tumbling
• Metal Detecting & Prospecting Library
• Catalogs, Brochures, User Guides, & Owner's Manuals