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Books like Detector Finds

If you loved Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Adventure, Archaeology, Special Interest, and Travel.

Adventure Archaeology Special Interest Travel Social Science

Top related books to Detector Finds

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Dragon Sea — Frank Pope

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Treasure Recovery from Sand and Sea — Charles L. Garrett

Treasure Recovery from Sand and Sea

Charles L. Garrett

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

The Gold of the Gods — Erich Von Daniken

The Gold of the Gods

Erich Von Daniken

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

European Metal Detecting Guide Techniques, Tips, and Treasures — Stephen L. Moore

European Metal Detecting Guide Techniques, Tips, and Treasures

Stephen L. Moore

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean — David Hatcher Childress

Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & the Mediterranean

David Hatcher Childress

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

The Mildenhall Treasure — Roald Dahl

The Mildenhall Treasure

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Walking the Nile — Levison Wood

Walking the Nile

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

In Search of Johnston’s Army Old Camp Floyd & West Creek as Seen Through the Eyes of a Relic Hunter — Duane A. Bylund

In Search of Johnston’s Army Old Camp Floyd & West Creek as Seen Through the Eyes of a Relic Hunter

Duane A. Bylund

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

God’s Gold A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem — Sean A. Kingsley

God’s Gold A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem

Sean A. Kingsley

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Treasure from British Waters — John Howland

Treasure from British Waters

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Dragon Sea A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed Off the Coast of Vietnam — Frank Pope

Dragon Sea A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed Off the Coast of Vietnam

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

Rebel Gold One Man’s Quest to Crack the Code Behind the Secret Treasure of the Confederacy — Warren Getler

Rebel Gold One Man’s Quest to Crack the Code Behind the Secret Treasure of the Confederacy

Themes: Adventure • Archaeology • Special Interest

The Secret History of Bigfoot Field Notes on a North American Monster — John O’Connor

The Secret History of Bigfoot Field Notes on a North American Monster — John O’Connor

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Two Men in a Trench Battlefield Archaeology – the Key to Unlocking the Past — Tony Pollard

Two Men in a Trench Battlefield Archaeology – the Key to Unlocking the Past

Themes: Archaeology • Special Interest • Travel

Dispatches from Pluto Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta — Richard Grant

Dispatches from Pluto Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen — Howard Carter

The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Nature Rx Improving College-student Mental Health — Donald Andrew Rakow

Nature Rx Improving College-student Mental Health

Donald Andrew Rakow

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Travels of William Bartram — William Bartram

Travels of William Bartram

William Bartram

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Children’s Games in Street and Playground — Iona Opie

Children’s Games in Street and Playground

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts — Dom Joly

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Fort Phantom Hill The Mysterious Ruins on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River — Bill Wright

Fort Phantom Hill The Mysterious Ruins on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen — Christopher McDougall

Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Wild Girls How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation — Tiya Miles

Wild Girls How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation

Themes: Adventure • Special Interest • Travel

Gold Creeks & Ghost Towns — Neville Langrell Barlee

Gold Creeks & Ghost Towns

Neville Langrell Barlee

Themes: Archaeology • Special Interest • Travel

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Detector Finds by Gordon Bailey — spanning Adventure, Archaeology, Special Interest and featuring authors such as Frank Pope, Charles L. Garrett, Erich Von Daniken, Stephen L. Moore, and others.

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