Find record
Save more than a location.
Keep the target type, confidence, detector response, settings, photos, notes, and map context together with the saved point.
Saved finds and field notes
Save the find, the setup, and the reason the patch deserves another look.
A find without its ground story is easy to forget. PFA keeps the signal, settings, coil, map context, confidence, notes, and follow-up ideas together so useful lessons do not vanish after the trip.
Product promise
Stop starting every hunt from scratch.
The value is not just storing a dot. It is preserving the decision trail that made the dot worth saving.
What people search when the day goes wrong
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Session memory
Remember what the ground was doing.
Hot rocks, EMI, moisture, mineralisation, salt, and threshold behaviour can explain why a good find happened or why a patch was hard work.
Follow-up
Turn one find into a better next run.
A saved find becomes more valuable when it carries the setup, ground read, nearby clues, and next action back into planning.
Field workflow
1
Drop the point.
Save the find or clue while the location and signal are still fresh, then add detail when the moment allows.
2
Record the setup.
Attach the detector, coil, mode, sensitivity, threshold, and ground notes that shaped the signal.
3
Add the field story.
Photos, access notes, terrain clues, target behaviour, and follow-up thoughts make the record useful later.
4
Review before returning.
Use the saved record to decide whether the patch needs a different coil, search pattern, overlay stack, or timing.
Why PFA is different
Saved finds become reusable intelligence.
A good record lets the next session start from what happened, not from a half-remembered story in the ute.
Private by default fits serious detectorists.
Field records, exact finds, and sensitive spots need to be protected. PFA's story is practical memory, not oversharing.
The phone and website play different roles.
The Android field app carries the offline workflow; the website supports guides, accounts, plans, and review.
Field memory first