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About Legend Heading

Legend Heading is an online atlas and community for treasure hunting. It charts 485 real treasure sites worldwide, documents the law of the search for 50 US states and 55 countries, and publishes a codified field manual, and it is built and verified by its community of hunters, the fellowship.

What Legend Heading is

Legend Heading is the treasure-hunting atlas and community. It charts 485 real treasure sites across the world, shipwrecks, recovered hoards, open legends, sunken cities, lost military caches, archaeological sites, historic battlefields, and legal open-ground digging grounds. Every site is a sourced case file: the story, the known intelligence, the leads, and the exact place the trail went cold. It is one map and one record, kept in one place.

Why it is the authority on treasure hunting

Three things make Legend Heading the reference others point to. The breadth: 485 charted sites, each with a real case file rather than a paragraph. The law: the plain-language rules of metal detecting, treasure trove, and what you can keep for 50 US states and 55 countries. And the field manual: a codified, sourced answer to the real questions of metal detecting, magnet fishing, gold and gem prospecting, fossils, identification, and the law. It is the place a treasure hunter, or anyone writing about treasure hunting, can rely on.

The fellowship, the community

Legend Heading is not a static encyclopedia. It is charted and verified by its community of hunters, the fellowship. The fellowship is how new sites are added, how leads are checked, and how finds are recorded. Anyone can read the map for free. Anyone can join the fellowship: start with the free weekly dispatch of new case files and legends worth chasing, and take part in the community of hunters who carry the work forward.

Questions Legend Heading answers

How do you start metal detecting as a beginner?What is the best metal detector for a beginner?How much does a metal detector cost?What is a pinpointer, and do you need one?What should you bring metal detecting?How long does it take to learn metal detecting?Why am I not finding anything metal detecting?How do you dig a plug and fill holes? Metal detecting etiquetteWhen is the best time to metal detect?Is treasure hunting a good hobby for kids and families?How do you find and join a metal detecting club?How do you use a metal detector?What do metal detector settings mean? Ground balance, sensitivity, discriminationWhat do the numbers on a metal detector mean?Why does my metal detector keep beeping?How deep can a metal detector detect?What metals can a metal detector detect?VLF vs pulse induction: which metal detector type do you need?Can you metal detect in the rain and snow?What are the best places to metal detect?How do you research where to metal detect?How do you get permission to metal detect on private land?How do you find treasure in your own backyard?Can you metal detect in water? Rivers, lakes, and the seaHow do you find a shipwreck?How do you find old bottles? Bottle and privy digging explainedHow do you find gold with a metal detector?Where can you pan for gold, and is it legal?Where does gold collect in a river?Do you need a mining claim to prospect for gold?How do you tell real gold from fool's gold?How much is panned gold worth?Where can you dig for gems and crystals?How do you find and identify meteorites?Where can you find fossils and shark teeth?How do you identify a fossil?How old are megalodon teeth, and how do you spot a real one?Where can you find arrowheads, and is it legal to keep them?Where do you find sea glass, and is it legal to collect?Can you metal detect on the beach?Is magnet fishing legal, and what do you find?What do you do if you find a gun magnet fishing?What is mudlarking, and is it legal?Can you keep treasure you find?How old does something have to be to count as treasure?Do you need a permit or license to metal detect?Is night metal detecting legal?Can you metal detect in parks?Can you metal detect in a cemetery?Can you relic hunt on Civil War battlefields?Is it legal to keep a meteorite you find?Who owns sunken treasure from a shipwreck?What is the Treasure Act, and how do you report a find in the UK?What should you do if you find treasure?How do you identify a coin you found?How do you clean old coins you found?Are old coins worth money, and how do I identify what I found?Which coins should detectorists look for?What is junk silver?Are old bottles worth money?Are arrowheads worth money, and how do you identify them?Are Civil War relics and bullets worth money?How do you clean and preserve relics you dig up?Who can identify something I found?Where can you sell gold and treasure-hunting finds?How do you find a lost ring with a metal detector?Is there still buried treasure to be found?What is the biggest treasure ever found?Has Forrest Fenn's treasure been found?Did pirates really bury treasure?Can you make money treasure hunting or metal detecting?Are treasure maps and dowsing real?

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