I'll add to my own thread today. I had the great honor of spending most of Monday with Donald Hinks, the owner of Gettysburg Electronics. Donald was featured on an episode of
Forensic Files solving a 15 year old murder mystery by locating a shell casing. Donald is retiring in a couple of months and closing his shop (he's in his 80's), so I also took the opportunity to get additional equipment and a second specialized search coil he recommended for forensics metal detecting. He had a lot of unusual target material that we played around with such as amalgam and gold fillings. Donald has been providing forensic metal detecting for a number of Law Enforcement agencies in PA and has a number of letters and plaques thanking him for his assistance, including one from the State Police. I also was lucky to have my local State Park manager give me a metal detecting permit for the park so I can practice. Within a couple of weeks I should be getting additional forensics detecting tips from Stevie Ray of Kellyco detector sales. Stevie Ray is a Forensics detecting expert in Florida and has been doing the same work as Donald for a number of years. I sure hope this is easier and faster to learn than the 50 years it took to get really good at tracking and SAR.