Most days with a detector are not cinematic. They are mud, ring pulls, mystery blobs, an aching shoulder and the quiet satisfaction of a few decent bits in the finds pouch. Then, very occasionally, there is a day that tilts […]
Somewhere, a Finds Liaison Officer is opening yet another clanking carrier bag that sounds like a toolbox falling down the stairs. Inside: decimal coppers, mangled pipe, random tractor bits and three and a half ring pulls. On the side, in […]
I was thinking the other day, dangerous I know”…But hear me out…. I’m a sprightly 46, but if you described metal detecting to a non-detectorist, you would probably get something like this back: “So you… walk slowly in a field… […]
Celtic Gold In The Mud: What A Stater Really Is (And Why It Makes Detectorists Go Weak At The Knees) There are good signals, there are heart-stopper signals, and then there is the moment your machine screams on a tight, […]
Buckle up for a a politely comedic briefing from the other side of the gate… Farmers of Britain, your daily life already involves unpredictable weather, temperamental machinery and enough forms to wallpaper a barn. Then, just as you’re trying to […]
Every hobby has its quirks. Golfers moan about the wind, anglers complain about the weed, and we detectorists? We talk to lumps of metal buried in fields. Welcome to The Daily Dig, a place for people who’d rather spend their […]
