Links

Forums

Buckeye Treasure Hunter Forum - An Ohio Forum
http://www.buckeyetreasurehunter.com/forum/
TreasureNet
http://forum.treasurenet.com/
TreasureNet Ohio Forum
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/ohio/
Find's Treasure Forum aka Findmall
http://www.findmall.com/
Great Lakes Metal Detecting
http://greatlakesmetaldetecting.com
Treasure Depot
http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/
Friendly Metal Detecting
http://metaldetectingforum.com/
Treasure Quest
http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/
Treasure Classifeds (with Forum)
http://www.treasureclassifieds.com
Minelab Owners
http://www.minelabowners.com/forum/portal.php
Treasure Spot
http://www.mytreasurespot.com
Coinhunting
http://www.coinhunting.net
American Detectorist
http://www.americandetectorist.com/
Metal Detecting Reddit Subreddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/metaldetecting/
Coinist Forum (defunct)

Ohio Detectorists' Sites

Northern Ohio Treasure Hunting Adventures
Blog of Bob Dolseh (Mirage)
Goes4ever.com
Website of Terry Barnhart (Goes4Ever)
Get Metal Detecting
Website of Paul McGillivary (metal magnet)
In Search of History
Website of Jerry Hoffman of Treasure Hunters Supply

Books/Periodicals

Detectorist
by Robert Sickler
Successful Coin Hunting
by Charles Garrett
The Minelab Explorer & E-Trac Handbook
By Andy Sabisch
Lost Treasure Magazine
http://www.losttreasure.com/
Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine
http://www.wetreasures.com/
American Digger Magazine
http://www.americandigger.com/
Detecting 365 Magazine (online)
http://detecting365.com/

Online References

Metal Detecting Hobby Talk Website
A great resource for information about the hobby

Metal Detecting Terminology/Slang
http://www.detecting.us/metal-detecting-jargon-for-coinshooters/

Richard's Token Site
http://tokencatalog.com/index.php

Class Ring Finder
Lost one? Found one?
http://www.classringfinder.com

See if your dateless Type I SLQ is a 1916...
1916 Standing Liberty Quarter

Lost Treasure Magazine Field Tests

Photograde
A book for identifying a coin's condition, with pictures.

Excelsior Shoe Co. Boy Scout Shoes Tokens
http://www.sageventure.com/coins/scout.html

Some interesting token references not found elsewhere
http://www.brianrxm.com/

Button Manufacturer's Markings with estimated dates
http://pweb.netcom.com/~jimyce/bm.html

Crotal Bells
http://classicbells.com/Info/Info.htm

Historic Nails can help determine an approximate date of a site
http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/203/nails.html

Dating Military Insignia Collar Disks
http://hglanham.tripod.com/metalinsignia/collardisk1.html

Civil War Era Bullets
http://www.blueandgrey.zoomshare.com/1.html

Cleaning (Roman) Coins
http://www.romanorum.com/
This coin cleaning manual is highly recommended

Abandoned/Forgotten Places

No endorsements of trespass, but these sites contain some really interesting information and lots of pictures.
Ohio Exploration Society
www.ohioexploration.com
Illicit Ohio
http://www.illicitohio.com/
Grave Addiction
http://www.graveaddiction.com/abindex.html
Ohio Ghost Towns
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtusa/usa/oh.htm
Forgotten Ohio
http://www.forgottenoh.com/abandoned.html
Defunct Parks
http://www.defunctparks.com/parks/OH/indexOH.htm
Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society
https://www.facebook.com/Southwest-Ohio-Amusement-Park-Historical-Society-Inc-265387119207/
flickr photo group: Abandoned in Ohio
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ainohio/
Dead Ohio
http://www.deadohio.com/
Midwest Lost
http://www.midwestlost.com
Dust to Dust Ohio
http://www.freewebs.com/dusttodustoh/
Digital Underground Railway: Ohio Valley History
http://djsaan.homestead.com/index_djsaan.html

Active Clubs

Dayton Diggers
(Dayton Area)
http://www.daytondiggers.com/
Buckeye Searchers Association of NE Ohio
(Cleveland Area)
http://www.buckeyesearchers.com/
Ohio Detectorists Association
(Southwest Ohio)
http://www.odametaldetecting.com/
Black Swamp Metal Detecting Club
(Lima Area)
www.blackswamp.weebly.com
Tri-County Metal Detecting Club
(Youngstown Area, Cortland, Ohio)
http://tcmdclub.blogspot.com/
Tri-State Historical Research & Recovery Association
(Cincinnati Area)
www.tristatetreasurehunters.com
North Coast Historical Recovery Association
(Cleveland Area)
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/treasurehunting/
Central Ohio Metal Detecting Association
(Columbus Area) inactive at present
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-Ohio-Metal-Detecting-Association/109509939086210
Northern Kentucky Treasure Hunters
(Cincinnati Area)
http://www.nkthc.com/
Southwest Ohio Treasure Hunting
(Cincinnati Area)
https://www.facebook.com/SouthwestOhioTreasureHunting

Defunct/Unknown Clubs

Due to outdated links these clubs still appear in internet resources. To my knowledge these clubs no longer exist or are not currently active.

Defunct
North American Historical Research Society
Central Ohio Research and Recovery Club

Unknown Status
NEO Christian Treasure Hunters Association
Tri-County Metal Detecting Club
Falls Buckeye Searcher Association
Columbus Area Recovery Group
Darke County Treasure Hunting Club
Buckeye Treasure Hunters of Ohio
Buckeye Metal Detectorist of Ohio
Ohio Happy Treasure Hunters
Treasure Trackers
Troy Treasure Hunters
Ohio Valley Research & Recovery
Cleveland Recovery Group
Northwest Ohio Research and Recovery Team
Ohio History Detectors

Manufacturers

Minelab
http://www.minelab.com/
Fisher
http://www.fisherlab.com/
Garrett
http://www.garrett.com/
White's
http://whiteselectronics.com/
Tesoro
http://www.tesoro.com/
Detector Pro
http://www.detectorpro.com/
Sun Ray
http://www.sunraydetector.com/

Dealers

Please check the manufacturer's websites for dealers. Their "dealer locator" will give you the names of dealers near you. Keep in mind some dealers are part-time and work a regular job as well.

National Organizations

FMDAC
Federation of Metal Detecting and Archaeological Clubs
http://www.fmdac.org/
WWATS
World Wide Association of Treasure Seekers
http://www.wwats.org/
AMDA
American Metal Detecting Association
http://www.amdaonline.net/
Silver Seekers (appears to be defunct)
National Treasure Hunters League (defunct)
International Treasure Hunting Society (defunct)

Organized/Planted Hunts

Buckeye Championship Treasure Hunt is a seeded/planted hunt held annually for over 30 years near New Concord, Ohio.
Contact Don Hayes at (740)252-1322 or
e-mail dmhayes61@sbcglobal.net.

DFXonly.com Tom Weaver Memorial Hunt
(Typically held at a site in Ohio)
www.DFXonly.com
https://www.facebook.com/DFXonly-514982121880598/

Detecting Websites

Dick Stout
http://www.stoutstandards.com/
https://stoutstandards.wordpress.com/

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