Links to useful sites

 Link to order "Metal Detecting for the Beginner"

The following are some of the big players in treasure hunting, as they combine a magazine and a major World Wide Web presence.

1. TreasureNet
     Internet:      http://www.treasurenet.com/
     Forum:        http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php
     Magazine:   Western & Eastern Treasures

2. Lost Treasure
     Internet:      http://www.losttreasure.com/
     Magazine:   Lost Treasure

3. Gold Prospector’s Association
     Internet:      http://www.goldprospectors.org/
     Magazine:   Gold Prospectors
     Group:         Gold Prospectors Association of America, P.O. Box 891509, Tumecula, CA 92589.

 Major forums and informational web sites:

• TreasureNet:  http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php
• Lost Treasure On Line:  http://www.losttreasure.com
• The Friendly Metal Detecting Forum:  http://metaldetectingforum.com/index.php
• Find’s Treasure Forums:  http://www.findmall.com/
• Treasure Quest:  http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/
• Treasure Depot:  http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/index.html
• Metal Detector.com:  http://www.metaldetector.cc/index.asp
• Metal Detector Reviews:  http://metaldetectorreviews.net/
• Metal Detecting World:  http://metaldetectingworld.com/
• Go Metal Detecting:  http://gometaldetecting.com/
• Treasure Hunting:  http://www.treasurehunting.com/
• Coinflation – (silver coin melt value):  http://www.coinflation.com/coins/silver_coin_calculator.html
• Coin World:  http://www.coinworld.com/

 For those of you in the UK (or English-speaking Europe), check out:

     http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/

Local Clubs

For a club in your local area, see any of the links below. You can also try a search on the Internet using the keywords of your home town and the words “metal detecting club.”

• Go Metal Detecting:      http://gometaldetecting.com/links-clubs.htm
• Kelly Co.                       http://www.kellycodetectors.com/clubs/
• DMOZ Open Directory
                     http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Metal_Detecting/Organizations/
• Friendly Forum            http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php? t=14013
• Lost Treasure               http://losttreasure.com/clubs/index07.cfm