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The Benefits of Metal Detecting: Outdoors, Exercise, History and Wellbeing Metal detecting is often associated with the excitement of discovering coins, jewellery and historical objects. But for many detectorists, the finds are only part of the attraction. The hobby also provides a reason to get outdoors, walk, concentrate on something...

Metal Detecting and Archaeology: How Responsible Detectorists Preserve History Metal detecting is often described as a hobby centred on finding old objects. But an archaeological find is much more than the object itself. Where it was found, what was nearby, how deep it was and whether several objects occurred together...

Permission • Respect • Responsibility • Preservation The Metal Searchers Code of Ethics: Responsible Detecting Principles Metal detecting gives us the opportunity to discover objects that have been hidden beneath the ground for decades, centuries and sometimes thousands of years. With that opportunity comes responsibility. At Metal Searchers, we have...

Metal Detecting Rules UK: NCMD Code of Conduct Explained Responsible metal detecting is about much more than simply obtaining a detector and finding somewhere to search. Every time we go detecting, our behaviour affects how landowners, farmers, archaeologists and the wider public view the hobby. The National Council for Metal...

Metal Detecting on Farmland: A Guide for UK Landowners If you own or manage farmland, you may occasionally be approached by someone asking for permission to metal detect on your property. For landowners unfamiliar with the hobby, the immediate questions are usually understandable: Will they damage the fields? What happens...