Where To Metal Detect: How To Pick Great Sites

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Where To Metal Detect? Will you ever get a straight answer from another metal detectorist? This is a tutorial for new metal detectorists. Perhaps some professional development for veteran detectorists. This is how I pick places to metal detect.
Tools I Use & Important Links
Merch Store: www.iratemetaldetectors.com/shop
Minelab E-Trac: amzn.to/3mZUpcD
CKG Sand Scoop (Amazon): amzn.to/2X4bxDm
CKG Sand Scoop (KellyCo): shrsl.com/2avs6
Minelab Equinox 600: shrsl.com/2araf
I recommend TubeBuddy: www.tubebuddy.com/MetalDetect...
Chapters:
0:00 Nobody Answers Where To Metal Detect
0:43 Historic Aerials
1:26 Demonstration Of historicaerials.com
1:43 Go Back In Time With Aerial Photography & Topographical Maps
2:00 Comparing 2 Maps From Different Eras
3:28 Where Buildings Once Stood Is Difficult Detecting
4:03 Altered Dirt
5:17 What A Good Site Looks Like
5:50 Old Maps And Roads
6:00 We Don't Like Altered Dirt
8:00 Going Scouting
8:10 The Problem With Fill Dirt & Sodding
8:30 What To Look For When Scouting New Sites
10:06 Sodding Isn't It Gorgeous? Meh!
10:25 Heterogeneous Plant Growth- A Great Sign
11:00 Let The Birds Eat And Poop!
11:45 The Look Of Natural Undisturbed Dirt
12:45 What Coins Can Tell You About The State Of The Ground
13:24 What Fill Dirt (Mixed Dirt) Looks Like
14:00 Look For Consistency Of Dates & Depths Of Coins
16:16 Filler Dirt Is NOT Always Bad
17:21 Plugs In Non Compacted Dirt Are Close To Impossible
17:36 The Feel Of Old Dirt
18:04 Your Pancake Mix Is Not Consistent; Neither Is Dirt
Do you want to send me something? I will try to have a mail show once per month.
Mail me at:
P.O. Box 351
132 W Merrick Rd
Freeport, NY 11520
You can subscribe to my channel here: bit.ly/2HQCRPY
Hi, my name is Merrill Kazanjian. New York City is an amazing place to go metal detecting. We have lots of parks, colonial history and great beaches for beach detecting. I have gone to all five boroughs of New York City To Metal Detect and beyond. I also currently own 16 metal detectors. I want to have the best and I want to help you choose the best as well. Below I will showcase some of the playlists on this channel:
By Metal Detector:
Minelab Equinox Playlist: bit.ly/3bxUel2
White's Beach Hunter 300 Playlist: bit.ly/3l0TvMp
Nokta Makro Anfibio Multi Playlist: bit.ly/3kYX85H
Minelab Vanquish 540: bit.ly/3qvec4j
Garrett Ace Apex: bit.ly/30uQDhn
Nokta Makro Simplex: bit.ly/3eo9Idf
Minelab E-Trac: bit.ly/3vkbkLo
XP Deus: bit.ly/3bxndWl
Garrett AT Pro: bit.ly/3rzfVqy
Minelab Safari: bit.ly/3l0Wt3v
Garrett Ace 300: bit.ly/3ci5WiV
Minelab Soveriegn: (Coming Soon)
I have a playlist of metal detecting videos to teach metal detecting. The videos in the playlist below are specifically made to teach the skills and mindset to becoming a great metal detectorist.
Metal Detecting Tips & Tricks: bit.ly/3cefATT
I am a treasure hunter. So in addition to metal detecting, I go mudlarking at sites such as Dead Horse Bay. Think of mudlarking as metal detecting without a metal detector.
Dead Horse Bay: bit.ly/3rwZ73B
Mudlarking: bit.ly/3qygWhc
All Of My Metal Detecting Treasure Hunting Videos: bit.ly/2N0YpfR
All Of My Beach Metal Detecting Videos: bit.ly/3v7jTJf
Playlist By New York City Borough:
Manhattan: bit.ly/3qu5WS5
Brooklyn: bit.ly/3v45hKN
The Bronx: bit.ly/3cg9Xo3
Queens: bit.ly/3l4aA8u
Staten Island: bit.ly/2POP6kl
Cleaning Metal Detecting/Mudlarking Finds:
Can We Clean It: bit.ly/3rKf3Qh
Cleaning Coins:
Other Playlists:
Metal Detecting Rap Videos: bit.ly/3epb1sz
Merrill's Thought & VLogs: bit.ly/3sZ5ehe
Rusty Notch (Country Metal Detecting Music): bit.ly/3epf4VN
Gold Mining: bit.ly/3t9z1UN
Magnet Fishing: bit.ly/38q1DRy
Metal Detector Comparisons: bit.ly/3t75UBA
Metal Detecting Live Streams: bit.ly/3kZ5E4F
Drawing Popular KZfaq Metal Detectorists: bit.ly/3qDjWt2
Subscriber Sundays: bit.ly/3qxMzaE
Top 100 Metal Detecting Channels On KZfaq: bit.ly/3qDksas
Becoming A Millionaire Metal Detecting: bit.ly/38r2W2F
Here is a link to my art channel. It has more than 100,000 subscribers: / youdraw

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@MetalDetectingNYC 3 жыл бұрын

Facebook: facebook.com/metaldetectingnyc Instagram: instagram.com/metaldetectingnyc All MDNYC Playlists: kzfaq.infoplaylists

@kennyreck 2 жыл бұрын

*Thank you so much this is the best metal detecting advice I've ever got I'm glad you live in the same area as me makes things so much more informative GO GO GOOOO LOL*

@MetalDetectingNYC 2 жыл бұрын

When you go to the beach try this : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNmhZMyZub6XfWg.html

@rhondajones1313 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. I like it when people talk normal. Good teaching video. Thank you

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Tiimeh 2 ай бұрын

Your not taking a stab at clegg are you 😂

@paulsavarese567 3 жыл бұрын

Merill - you're the real treasure of metal detecting.

@brianwolf9647 3 жыл бұрын

I do have some success with sod, for a few reasons. I’m renting on a site that has sod placed in 2015 and it’s manicured with every chemical plus irrigation. The dirt was certainly mixed around. I found a 10 year old can 1 ft down, but I find shotgun shells from more than 60 years ago near the surface. 4” down I found a brass black powder flask from before 1870. The sod comes up in a solid piece allowing me to place the plug back very neatly. Most of the time. 2 coins on the whole site, but lots of old hinges etc.

@bluegrassdirtfishin5835 3 жыл бұрын

Bro when I go out hunting and I find a quater, I can't help but to say "it's a quarta" everytime. Damn you Merrell! Meh! Keep up the good videos and keep unlocking Häagen-Dazs.

@brianwolf9647 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I second, third, and fourth that. I do the same with “dimees” now. I often say, verbatim, “something has been unlacked”

@thorny3218 Жыл бұрын

By word of mouth I heard from an old timer that there used to be an old dumping ground for the town I live in. So far we’ve found some old glass bottles. I just got a metal detector yesterday and I’m excited to go out and explore it. So far in an hour my daughter and I have dug up half the backyard🤣🤭 we found part of an old sink and some cans and a piece of metal pipe. So much fun. Thank you for the website tip.

@njunderground82 3 жыл бұрын

My big problem here in NJ, especially northern NJ, is that EVERYTHING is private property.

@gaiterbugg 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Merrill, for sharing your experience and knowledge, and that aerial website. This was very helpful. Good hunt. Cool buttons and bullets. Stay safe and keep digging.

@hiilbillybackwoods 4 ай бұрын

In my local park, I only work the tot lots. kick the pea gravel and pick up a coin. I put my DD coil on and dug in the grass...I got a Indian head penny. I will dig more.

@jameskearns8706 10 ай бұрын

Hugely valuable material in this video, ty very much!!!

@MetalDetectingNYC 10 ай бұрын

Very welcome!

@petemartus8876 Жыл бұрын

Yes thank you.its the first time anybody took time to teach.. and I really learned alot!

@Shred9 11 ай бұрын

I just got into metal detecting recently. Before I watched your video I dug up mostly trash. After applying what you said, I’ve pulled up tons of coins. No silver yet, but it’s a matter of time. Thank you!

@jimzgrlify 3 жыл бұрын

Great finds! I think the weird tip on the second bullet you pulled is called sprue. I think it is from the mold so that bullet was dropped and not fired. Very old one though! Definitely a halter clip for what you posited was horse tack. great, informative video.

@mikeholmes4361 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Merrill for the Historic Aerials website. Love it!

@edisiusmurmur325 10 ай бұрын

though I had some problem with sea water It also kzfaq.infoUgkxa-FNYUOM93a388gi9a4brtSCEVmrHgJH land for finding any things very easily. (thought it would work as normal due to it being water proof within certain parts of the detector), on dry land and sand worked well. My first one, so still have lots to learn

@timelordmagnums357 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Merrill we've modified what you say here in North Cackolacki. Instead of saying "haagen dazs has been unlocked" we are now saying "Hoggin Jaws has been unlocked". Basically unlocking pork rinds :). Cackolacki FTW

@jeeperscreepers251 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap!!! I'm loving this site. My aerial in my area goes back to 1951 before they flooded the town here to make a lake. I can see the old houses and roads. Man this is awesome sauce!!! 😃

@johangervais1288 Жыл бұрын

Are you in Canyon Lake, TX?

@jeeperscreepers251 Жыл бұрын

@@johangervais1288 no

@jimbop101 3 жыл бұрын

That item you dug at -7.45ish, when discussing patina, looks very much like an ejector from a lever action rifle. Maybe an early 30-30. KEWEL find !

@leokoerzen6877 Жыл бұрын

very unusual presentations but quite informative. keep up the good work.

@oneagentfrog 3 жыл бұрын

We live no where near a place to use that handy dandy app. We use one called "Topo Pro" it has overlay editing, trail mapping, historical markers, & personal markers. You can turn on trail creation start walking and it will map where you go. Living in the mountains surround by mountains and homesteads we use it every where we go we have found really great stuff! I love my "noxi 800"

@Tiger-21. Жыл бұрын

Great video, so many others fail to mention these important tips. Thanks for putting it together.

@Waltorian 8 ай бұрын

Wow! That aerial website is fantastic!!!! Thank you

@traceveillon9117 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding information!! Thank you! I've been using the historic aerials site some but hadn't really figured it all out. You just learned me some stuff! (said in my best south Louisiana accent) So glad I found your channel tonight, I gave you a subscribe!

@hitman4u222 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the teaching. Appreciate what your doing

@DIG_5050 3 жыл бұрын

Great info, Merrill. Thanks, man. Keep Digging!

@bonniegiebfried278 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing your knowledge

@frankgooch3887 3 жыл бұрын

Great job buddy. Thanks for helping everyone out

@donnadow436 5 ай бұрын

I’m glad I found your videos! I’ve been watching magnet fishing vids but can’t physically do that, and they were also metal detecting. I decided I would research and found you! I’m now armed with great information. Thank you. Also love your sense of humor- excellent for a dreary morning! I’ve subscribed and will keep watching. Thanks! 🎉. I live in an area that used to be a farm about 50 years ago and the rains bring more dirt into my yard…I’ll be searching the neighbors’ yards once I get my gear! Can’t wait ❤

@pedrogonzalez-bm1zm Жыл бұрын

Awesome help thanks man

@thomasalison6188 Жыл бұрын

Really great information! Thanks Merrill!!

@rickkeifer5928 Жыл бұрын

Good info. Merrill thanks.

@joefranco2461 3 жыл бұрын

A friend here just hit a Spanish coin from 1741 in a tide pool . I'm on the hunt !

@MetroCollectablesandvlogs 9 ай бұрын

L.I. in the house, Moved to AZ from LI in 09' ... I Miss the Island!

@SEAWORM 3 жыл бұрын

very helpful information Merrill. Thanks man!

@L1nus16 19 күн бұрын

The website was great advice. My area goes back to 1952 and I found an old house from the 1890s that they are most likely tearing down soon like the others that used to be near it. If I can figure out who owns the property and contact them I might be able to hit it up!

@mikes1798 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the share. That aerial website can also help when buying a house. For example, is there anything in the ground that you might not want like a filled in pool which would hinder the installation of a new one.

@dennys.4247 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us how to use historic aerials. that helped quite a bit. thanks.

@rocketsroc 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, thanks!

@laurenoreilly4140 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I just started detecting last year and this was very helpful! I loved the metal piece that had “Taylor” on it, as that is my daughter’s name.

@chuckcheton7201 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and instruction- thanks!

@RichDavey 4 ай бұрын

Loving your videos man Metal detecting and humour What is there not to like Fantastic 👍😊

@stagemgr99 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your videos, Out here in California we are still in a drought and the trend is artificial Turf everywhere. Good for surface finds but not for digging. Nobody addresses this . Schools , Parks all converting .

@Erock9201 3 жыл бұрын

Thank so very Much I'm going to be breaking in my new Detector this week end I'll defiantly going to use what you taught me ! Thank you so very much!

@MetalDetectingNYC 3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Erik! Good luck!

@noahway13 2 жыл бұрын

Funny, a building can be RAISED and a building can be RAZED. And it means the totally opposite . Anyway... I'm from the South, but Merrill is my fav MD dude. He is very personable and helpful.

@laurenoreilly4140 3 жыл бұрын

I bought the shirt Saturday evening after watching this video and received it today! I absolutely love the shirt!

@MidwestPicker Жыл бұрын

very helpful, thank you

@paullamhut4488 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! This is the best dissertation on he where to go i have seen. Im mostly central jersey cost and have not braved the earth dig. Beach sand is easy. think I'm going to brave finding some turf to dig. Way too many "do not dig" parks in my area!

@G5ranch 2 жыл бұрын

Great information thanks for sharing these strategies

@kwaichang368 3 жыл бұрын

Good info, the bullet with the tail looks like a williams cleaner, fun times. Thanks, Clinton

@stargazer279 Жыл бұрын

Greetings, your video really helped me to understand how to go about it up here in Montreal Canada. Unfortunately i did not find a Canadian website to compare years of land. But i must say your tips will help me greatly. Thanks, Cheers!

@allennagel3486 3 жыл бұрын

good info, like to see more on settings!

@gypsonny2 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a wild bullet! I would guess anywhere from 1895-1918, a large caliber rifle obviously. Look up 8x50r mannlicher, it wont be that but similar style

@jessiepayne737 3 жыл бұрын

Great dig, that next to last bullet with the tip on the bottom may be civil war era, Williams Cleaner.

@Llew70 4 ай бұрын

If you find "camp lead", could be a central fire for a small group, or one of many spread around a much larger area. Flag the find (bundles of flagging material are fairly cheap by the hundred) and use a spiral pattern outwards... if you find another camp lead spot and mark it also. Now you just might be in a hot spot, especially if you are in civil war territory. Not too many modern examples of camp lead unless you are in a location that regularly hosts reenactments that really stay true to making your own 50cal bullets.

@floridaman5125 Жыл бұрын

That silver dime is worth real money.

@davidfrazier1186 3 жыл бұрын

THANKS M !!!!!!!

@rolandcaldwell1824 2 жыл бұрын

How did you come up with these taco bell ,Hagan daz ,jello. Very interesting. Your videos inspire me to get out and hunt

@aljosapremelc5856 3 жыл бұрын

Good job on skilva Merrill 🥇 Yesterday I found my first Celtic skilva coin 2100 y old approximately 🥇

@MetalDetectingNYC 3 жыл бұрын

OMG!!!!!! 2100 years old!!!!!!!

@aljosapremelc5856 3 жыл бұрын

It is soooooo tiny only 6x7 millimetres wide it's awsome

@honeyholehunting2032 3 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough my two best finds have been from filler dirt.

@dannybell926 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah man... Who's to say that the fill dirt isn't as good or better than the other dirt at a site, right? It's all gotta come from somewhere

@noahway13 2 жыл бұрын

I kept reading it as, ...My two best friends have been from filler dirt.... WTF?

@DieselDoktor 2 жыл бұрын

@@noahway13 same here lol I was like “did his friends meet while checking filler dirt?”

@detectormafia-bm6jx 7 ай бұрын

Anything for Australia ? Aerial view would be handy tool for us too !

@marcgendron6745 3 жыл бұрын

The commercials , good vid merrill 👍

@ericsmathe Жыл бұрын

Have you been up around Kingston to detect? There's some rich history up this way. Thank you for all the info you provide, sir.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Kingston was New York’s first capital. I have never detected there but yes the whole Hudson valley is full of history and treasure !

@ericsmathe Жыл бұрын

@@MetalDetectingNYC I just got an Equinox 600 and am hoping to find some treasures. I'm still trying to figure out where I can detect. Kingston's Senate house is the oldest public building in the country. Take care, and I'll let you know how it goes!

@sunrunneroldbottels223 3 жыл бұрын

there are 1,700 parks and play grounds in the n y . city .( FIVE BOROUGHS).

@doctorx8467 Жыл бұрын

historic areials dont seem to work for uk, i also tried different browsers, anyone got anu ideas or other similar sites ?? thanks for the infoemative vider, love your channel

@Racer-M Жыл бұрын

When this dude reaches a new level, he unlocks desserts 🤣🤣

@jgychevy305 Ай бұрын

the bullet with the top on it is a cleaner round ive found a bunch at the old civil war camp site I also wasnt sure but my followers on tik tok told me what it was lol

@kimbarber3094 11 ай бұрын

"Where is your favorite place to dig?" is like asking a fisherman "Where is your favorite fishing spot?"

@TooScentz 2 күн бұрын

The grass around a bar's parking lot. You're welcome folks

@BirdnanBarry 3 жыл бұрын

33.24 “ something to do with horses” Antique stair rod bracket.

@michaele.ebright8834 Жыл бұрын

What is the search map called?

@tomsrivermetaldetectorpage5517 2 жыл бұрын

Metal Detecting is like the first rule of Fight Club unless you are hunting with your crew who can't remember anything. Chow!

@robertoconsuegra9921 2 жыл бұрын

Websters dictionary called...u gotta take foliage to a new high lol 😆 😂

@jhwk9575 3 жыл бұрын

Are you paying for a subscription on historic aerials?

@MetalDetectingNYC 3 жыл бұрын

It’s free

@noahway13 2 жыл бұрын

Plus, sodded perfect yards have owners that don't want u digging.

@sunrunneroldbottels223 3 жыл бұрын

when you look at dead horse bay you realize how much has been filled.

@vossierebel 3 жыл бұрын

And... the Abe reversed back into the hole!! 🤣🤣

@rogeliocprinci 2 ай бұрын

✌

@nealb3168 2 жыл бұрын

Down here you just look for where there was a bond fire and drunks fight .. theres blood spillage and teeth spillage and last but not least cions every where..

@duenge 7 ай бұрын

Pancake mix should not be mixed extremely well, it leads to tough pancakes. It is a gluten/protein thing....

@johnva07 3 жыл бұрын

Nincompoop 2024!

@joefranco2461 3 жыл бұрын

In the Florida keys, can you suggest a place in my area...🤣

@caredwave8343 Жыл бұрын

The ‘washer’ with a square hole is likely a Chinese coin

@caredwave8343 Жыл бұрын

The bullet is a home cast. Probably very old

@elizabethboyd3358 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but in order to even use this site you have to pay for a subscription. I need something like this that I DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR as I don't have $200 for a subscription.

@MetalDetectingNYC Жыл бұрын

Umm….it’s free….hit viewer www.historicaerials.com/viewer