METAL DETECTING

AN OPEN LETTER TO ANDY BURNHAM: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE HUT OF THE NORTH [AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY]

Dear Prime Minister, In 2026 the annual Festival of British Archaeology, when the Council for British Archaeology celebrates all that is best about archaeology in communities across the nation,...

DETECTIVAL HIRES FINDS RECORDERS BUT IS IT A STICKING PLASTER ON A STRIP MINE?

The Portable Antiquities Scheme, the national scheme for the voluntary recording of archaeological finds, based at the British...

NORTON DISNEY DODECAHEDRON GONE [FROM THE PAS DATABASE]

It was one of the good news archaeology stories of 2024 and even earned a slot on the...

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE RESTATES BAN ON METAL DETECTING AFTER RALLY “PERMITTED IN ERROR”

The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its policy has not changed and that metal detecting is...

METAL DETECTING RALLIES HAVE GROWN TOO BIG AND ARE UNSUSTAINABLE SAYS LEADING ORGANISER

They can turn over the annual income of an SME in one weekend, but now one of...

METAL DETECTORIST CLEARED OF FRAUD BUT DID ACT DISHONESTLY

A hearing at Hereford Justice Centre appears to have offered proof of a practice long rumoured to be the case on metal detecting forums,...

CONCERN AS METAL DETECTING RALLIES ADVERTISED CLOSE TO ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE & MULTI-PERIOD SITE IN SHROPSHIRE

  Concern is growing among archaeologists that the organisers of commercial metal detecting rallies are becoming increasingly brazen in using their advertising to associate pay...

TREASURE ACT AMENDMENT: GAMECHANGER OR GAME OVER FOR REGULATING METAL DETECTING?

A canny application of Nudge Theory to save important archaeological artefacts for the nation's museums, or a case of the Emperors New Clothes which...

TV REVIEW: Mackenzie Crook’s “Detectorists” 2022 Christmas Special [BBC1]

Mackenzie Crook channels William Blake and John le Carré in "detectorists" Christmas Special.   Since its screen debut in 2014 Mackenzie Crooks "Detectorists" has achieved the...

Arrest in Preston Museum Missing Treasure Investigation

In what appears to be a breakthrough in the investigation into the suspected theft of artefacts from Preston Museum, Police have arrested and bailed...

POLICE PROBE ALLEGED DISAPPEARANCE OF TREASURE FINDS FROM LANCASHIRE MUSEUM

Lancashire Police are investigating a number of cases of artefacts reported missing while in the care of the Lancashire County Council museum service. ...