Suggested reading

[99thpercentile]

After seeing a lot of the questions on these forums, I would like to suggest some books that might help people to understand the physics behind detection of buried objects.

Field Geophysics - excellent beginner text with not a lot of math
by John Milsom
$42 on amazon

An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics - a more thorough coverage of the subject than Milsom's book, but still not a lot of math
by John M. Reynolds
$73 on amazon

Applied Geophysics - all of the theory with a lot of math
by W. M. Telford, L. P. Geldart, R. E. Sheriff
$65 on amazon

Near Surface Geophysics
edited by Dwain Butler
$139 from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Seeing Beneath the Soil - good overview with no math
by Anthony Clark
$57 from amazon

Revealing the Buried Past: Geophysics for Archaeologists - authors are members of the Time Team on BBC television, they do archaeological geophysics quick and on the cheap, good overview with no math
by John Gater, C. F. Gaffney
$28 from amazon

Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology - very good overview with some case studies and no math
by Lawrence B. Conyers
$33 from amazon

Detection And Identification Of Visually Obscured Targets - theory on the detection of landmines and unexploded ordnance, lots of math
by Carl E. Baum
$135 from amazon

 

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[RON (PA)]

Thanks, they do seem interesting.

 

[99thpercentile]

I thought of another thing to read, and it's free. You can get a PDF copy of the US Army Corps of Engineers Geophysical Manual at the link below.

http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-1-1802/toc.htm

 

[larrybass]

Hey there 99th,

Just wondering if you've read this easy reading favorite of mine? No math! It's called the Detector Owners Field Manual and was written by Roy Lagal back originally in 1976 with seven reprints that ended in '83 which is when I bought my copy. He covers almost all there is to know, in an informative yet concise manner about different types (BFO,PI,TR,Rf,VLF/TR) of detectors and a few others I'd never heard of. There is also quite a bit of info on the many phases of TH'ing.

Really a great book to have in your library...

later,