Prospecting & Detecting
Which Nugget Detector Should I Get?
June 2013 by Steve Herschbach
The most commonly asked question in metal detecting is, “Which metal detector should I get?” People worry a lot about not getting the right machine. They do not want to waste their money and their time with the wrong metal detector.
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