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Where Can I Rent a Metal Detector?

Metal detectors are handheld devices that can be used to find jewelry that has been lost in a deep carpet or outdoors, to locate property markers, to find coins, to find historical relics from battlefields and to find metal items that have been washed ashore by the ocean onto beaches. Metal detectors can be rented at shops or on the Internet.

RentalHQ
- A number of companies rent metal detectors through shops. RentalHQ rents metal detectors through stores in the United States, Canada and Europe. Visit its website (see resources for link) and enter your ZIP code or postal code to locate a RentalHQ store near you.
Security Detection
- Security Detection also rents metal detectors through stores and online. You can rent directly from its outlets in Tulsa, Okla.; Watertown, Mass.; Sylvania, Ohio; Chicago and Los Angeles or the firm can ship you the equipment you want to rent. Security Detection sends complete, illustrated guides for assembling and using its metal detectors. It can be reached through its website (see references for link).
Zilok
- The Zilok Co. also rents metal detectors through its website (see link in references). Zilok will ship the rental metal detector to you with assembly and use instructions. Zilok can also arrange rentals between individuals, pairing up owners of items with people wanting to rent them, both living in the same area.
The Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs Inc
- You can also sometimes rent metal detectors through local chapters and clubs of the Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeological Clubs Inc. Visit the FMDAC website (see references for link) to locate a club near you and contact the club leader to find out if you can rent a metal detector from it.

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