Detector Maps vs Geodeo

Detector Maps is the field tool that keeps you on the gold - and on the relics. Built by geologists for prospectors, relic hunters and metal detectorists across the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, it pairs geological data and historical maps with rock-solid GPS so you spend your time on high-potential ground, not guessing. Whether you are swinging a detector for gold nuggets, coin shooting an old homestead, hunting Civil War relics or panning a creek, it puts serious research intelligence in your pocket - and it works offline, where the finds actually are. COIN & RELIC HUNTING - NATIONWIDE Research old towns, ghost towns, homesteads, schoolhouses and long-forgotten gathering places - the ground where old coins, buttons, buckles and relics are still waiting. - Historical map overlays: hunt the buildings, roads and fields the modern map forgot - Historic USGS Topo maps, coast to coast - LiDAR that reveals cellar holes, old roads and house sites hiding under the trees - Plan permissions with confidence before you knock GOLD PROSPECTING - 15 STATES Serious geology for nugget hunting, from California to the Carolinas. Detect where gold has already been found, then find what the old-timers missed. - Historic gold mines, diggings and workings - proven gold ground - Surface geochemistry with pathfinder-element filtering - Current and expired mining claims, updated every weekday - 1-metre LiDAR hillshade that reveals old workings worth a closer swing DETECTOR ACADEMY A built-in crash course: 34 short video lessons, most under a minute - layers, LiDAR, waypoints, trails, offline maps and Pro tools. DETECTOR GRIDS Plan complete, methodical coverage of a site with adjustable search lanes you follow while recording your trail - never grid the same ground twice. BREADCRUMB TRAIL TRACKING (BACKGROUND GPS) Record your exact trail even with the app in the background or the screen off. See where you have walked and save paths for the next trip. WHY WE REQUEST "ALLOW ALL THE TIME" LOCATION ACCESS Detector Maps only uses background location when you switch breadcrumb tracking ON, keeping an unbroken log while your phone is idle. Disable it anytime in the app or device settings. WAYPOINT MARKING AND FIND LOGGING Drop waypoints on coins, relics, gold finds and old workings. Add names, notes and photos, then sync securely between your phone and the web app so your finds are never lost. REAL-TIME GPS NAVIGATION Watch boundaries, geology, historical maps and terrain update around you as you move - a GPS built for prospecting, coin shooting and relic hunting. COVERAGE USA COIN & RELIC: Nationwide USA GOLD: CA, AL, NC, AZ, NV, ID, OR, UT, CO, MT, WA, SC, VA, GA, NM AUSTRALIA: QLD, NSW, VIC, WA, SA, TAS, NT NEW ZEALAND: historic goldfields, geology and offline maps CANADA: British Columbia SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION All plans include every map, standard data layers, offline downloads, and access to Australia, USA, New Zealand, Canada (BC) and the UK. USA Pricing - Explorer Monthly: $7.99 USD; Explorer Yearly: $59.99; Pro Monthly: $11.99 USD; Pro Yearly: $99.99 USD. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Pricing may vary by region. PRIVACY AND DATA Your location, trails and waypoints are used only for core app functionality. Delete your account anytime: Profile > Delete Account > type "confirm" > tap Delete. Privacy Policy: https://app.detectormaps.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://app.detectormaps.com/license-agreement Whether you swing a GPX 6000, an Equinox, a Manticore, a Deus or a Gold Monster - or a sluice or a pan - Detector Maps helps you cover more ground, log your best finds, and read productive terrain like a professional.

Is this rock yours to take? Tap the spot on the map and Geodeo stamps the answer: open to collect, hand tools only, claimed, closed, private, or check local rules. It reads the same public land records a field office uses, in all 50 states, on your phone past the last bar of signal. KNOW BEFORE YOU DIG • Land ownership in every state, public land green and private orange, with buttons to hide either. • Nearest open land: one tap finds the closest BLM or forest ground that reads open to collect, even in another state. Zoomed out, darker green marks where open land is deepest, and Open land by state ranks them. • National parks, monuments, wildlife refuges and wilderness from the USGS protected-areas database, with the reason collecting is barred or limited. • Active lode and placer mining claims across the western states, refreshed weekly from BLM's claim records and checked in every verdict, so you don't pick up someone else's mineral. • State-specific rules where a state writes its own, such as Iowa's ban on removing rocks from state parks. • The rule that applies, with its citation: casual-use limits, the 25 lb daily and 250 lb yearly petrified wood allowance, the vertebrate fossil permit rule. SITES WORTH THE DRIVE Geodeo starts from the USGS mineral records and throws out gravel pits, quarries and processing plants, then ranks what's left by how collectible it is. Sites on private ground stay hidden unless asked for. Hand-checked public spots, like the fossil quarry at Iowa's Fossil & Prairie Park, carry their own rules and a link to the managing agency. FIND ANY TOWN, EVEN OFFLINE Search 30,000 towns, any state, or a latitude and longitude. With a signal the map reads the land anywhere; save a state from the map to carry it offline. EVERY FIND EARNS A LABEL Log what you found and it becomes a numbered specimen with a museum-style label: hardness, luster, streak, crystal system and locality by USGS quadrangle. A curator grade from A to D rewards documenting it well, not finding something rare. • Scratch test: a fingernail, a penny, a knife or a quartz point. Each answer halves the hardness range, and likely minerals rank by what the records list nearby. • Crack the geode: photograph the outside and the inside, then press and hold until it splits open on screen. DIG DOWN THROUGH TIME Your finds build a stratigraphic column that descends through the real geologic time scale, in the international chart's own colors. A photo of a specimen left where it lay counts the same as keeping it. Walk a find into an unsurveyed 7.5-minute quad and it clears from the map. FIELD BRIEFS Three real sites within about 50 miles, each on open land, and no clock on any of them. BACK TO THE TRUCK Pin where you parked and a compass arrow leads you back. FREE, WITH NO ADS The verdict at any spot in any state, the mineral sites, one state saved offline, one offline topo area and every part of the geology game are free. GEODEO PRO • Claimed ground drawn on the map, plus claim records at any spot: serial number, status, acreage and last update from BLM. • Every state offline, plus unlimited saved topo areas. • Export your finds as GPX or CSV, and print specimen label sheets. Pro costs $24.99 a year or $4.99 a month, and either plan starts with 7 free days. Both keep renewing until you turn them off, at least one full day ahead of the next billing date; turn them off from the Subscriptions page of your Apple ID. Your finds, photos and truck pin stay on your phone. Land lines are only accurate to roughly 100 m and records can lag; posted signs, local closures and forest orders always win, so confirm with the managing office before you collect. Never enter an old mine opening. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app-factory-privacy-policy.vercel.app