| Ghost hunters use a variety or analog and electronic | | | | To find these you would want to invest in a infrared |
| equipment to detect or record ghostly haunting, sounds | | | | thermometer. |
| or other paranormal happenings. | | | | LED head lamps are great and very reasonable in |
| Ghosts can appear as transparent forms or people, | | | | price and great for keeping hands free from a |
| mists, shadows, plasmas or orbs. This is where a film | | | | flashlight. The LED lamps last for dozens of hours |
| or digital camera is used. A good video camcorder | | | | compared to a few for standard flashlights. |
| with night vision is a must. | | | | I also suggest taking along lots of batteries. For some |
| A digital recorder or a cassette type recorder is | | | | unknown reason these tend to get drained quickly |
| becoming very popular for ghost hunting. These are | | | | when ghosts are manifesting so having a few extra |
| uses for trying to capture EVP's or Electronic Voice | | | | sets handy are a must. Of course other equipment |
| Phenomenon. These are sounds that are considered | | | | worth considering pens, pencils notebooks and |
| to be from the other side. The other advantage to | | | | notepads. |
| using recorders is for taking notes during an | | | | With ghost hunting groups getting large and more |
| investigation. The best type I feel for investigating is the | | | | professional in nature it is not uncommon for those |
| digital recorder with a USB connector. This way you | | | | investigating a haunting to have night vision goggles. |
| can download the EVP recording directly to your | | | | More elaborate equipment could be thermal imaging |
| computer for later analysis. | | | | cameras and these are often used by fire |
| Electromagnetic Field Meters or known as EMF | | | | departments and can sometimes be found as surplus |
| meters are another piece of equipment that is used | | | | equipment when looking around online. Thermal imaging |
| for detecting changes in the environment such as | | | | equipment does not come cheap! |
| changes in the electromagnetic field. These changes | | | | Other electronic equipment worthy of consideration |
| are said to occur due to the presence of ghosts or | | | | would be infrared illuminators to help extend the night |
| manifestations. They are also great for finding hidden | | | | vision capabilities of camcorders and other night vision |
| wires or leaky microwave ovens. It is a must piece of | | | | devices. |
| equipment in any professional investigation. | | | | As paranormal investigations and ghost hunting |
| It is not all that unusual to come across cold spots and | | | | become more mainstream and scientific in approach |
| you want to be able to eliminate any possibilities that it | | | | we will probably be see more exotic equipment being |
| is coming from a draft or open window or leaky door. | | | | added to the list of equipment to have. |