A hand-held, wand-type buried object detector includes a motion and
position sensor that provides data about the sensor head of the buried
object detector. An inertial measuring device including three
accelerometers and three gyroscopes is one example of a motion and
position sensor. The buried object detector includes a
processor/communicator device that is capable of processing the data from
the motion and position sensor and communicating feedback, based on the
processing results, to the operator about the operation of the buried
object detector. In one example, a personal digital assistant may be
configured for use as a processor/communicator device of a buried object
detector.