Logging Finds with Photos, Videos, and Audio Notes

A find without a record is just a thing in a bag. Six months later you won't remember what field it came from, how deep it was, or what signal it gave. Logging your finds as you go builds a complete detecting journal that makes your hobby more rewarding and your data more useful.

The 6 Find Types

When you log a find you pick one of six types. Each one gets its own color on the map and its own tally in your stats:

• Treasure — the catch-all for valuable or interesting finds you can't neatly slot elsewhere
• Gold — gold rings, gold coins, anything precious
• Coin — modern and historic coinage of any metal
• Relic — buttons, buckles, military brass, tools, and other old iron/copper finds
• Jewelry — rings, pendants, chains, and other wearables
• Trash — pull tabs, foil, bottle caps. Worth logging to track site condition.

Quick Pin Drop

For a fast log, tap the find button while tracking. It drops a pin at your current GPS position with a timestamp. You can fill in the details later, but the location is captured immediately. This is perfect mid-session when you don't want to stop swinging.

Full Logging

When you have a moment, open the find and add the details:

• Name — what you think it is (e.g. “George III halfpenny”)
• Depth — a slider from 0 to 40 cm (or the inches equivalent if you've switched units)
• Value — your best estimate or a known price
• Weight — in grams, useful for jewelry and gold
• Notes — free text for context like detector settings, signal behaviour, soil

Attaching Photo, Video, and Audio

Each find can have a photo, a short video clip, and an audio note attached to it:

• Photo — snap the find in the hole, on a cloth, or after a clean. You can also pick an existing image from your gallery.
• Video — capture a short clip showing the hole, the surroundings, or how the coin came out of the dirt. The video plays back from the find detail screen.
• Audio note — tap record and describe the find out loud. Faster than typing with muddy gloves, and stores the raw tone response if you want to replay it.

Edit Anything Later

Every field on every find stays editable. Wrong type? Change it. Forgot a note? Add it. Re-shot the photo after cleaning? Replace it. The find detail screen has a mini-map to show the exact recovery spot, plus video and audio playback and edit buttons.

Why Bother Logging Trash?

It might seem pointless, but logging trash tells you about a site. If one corner of a field has 30 pull tabs and zero treasure, that area was probably a picnic spot with modern litter. The opposite corner with fewer signals might be untouched historical ground. Trash data shapes your strategy.