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Metal Detecting News #25

Metal Detecting News #25

Anthony Cawood
September 01, 2025

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Hi, and welcome to the latest edition of Metal Detecting News.

We’ve hit a quarter-century of issues already - thanks for subscribing, reading, and supporting!!

RCM No Frills event 1 (somewhere near Bath) is almost here, I’m so excited for my first weekender of the summer!

Inevitably I will find very little, except buttons of course, but I will connect with friends old and new and have a great time!

And of course the key part of RCM is that it is all for a fantastic cause!

So let’s try and raise a ton of money and support Gary and his team!

If you see me - say hi, I don’t bite ;-)

As always, a massive thanks to our amazing sponsors, RUTUS, Treasure Hunting magazine, Composite Cleaning Pencil and The Big Detecting Show for their continued support.

Manufacturer & Dealer News

Psst, don’t tell anyone but RUTUS are about to announce something!

Mum’s the word!

Those clever chaps at Composite Cleaning Pencil have got their latest product in stock - the all new Field Cleaning Kit, pretty amazing!

This will be the Metal Detecting News subscriber giveaway for September!

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Detecting News UK

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Detect It Nation had an eventful club dig with a hoard of over 5000 Silver Roman coins found! Wow…

More to follow on this breaking story!

July Finds Competition Winners - National Council for Metal Detecting

Congratulations to the winners of the July Finds Competition. Yet another month of fabulous coins and artefacts being entered.

www.ncmd.co.uk/2025/08/27/july-finds-competition-winners

Cotswold metal detecting club raises over £10k for charity in first year of digs

A METAL detecting club has raised more than £10,000 for charity in its first year of digging.

www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/25426514.cotswolds-metal-detecting-community-raises-10-000

West Bay evacuated after potential unexploded ordnance discovered

West Bay beach in Westgate was evacuated after a metal detectorist discovered what is thought to possibly be an unexploded ordnance.

theisleofthanetnews.com/2025/08/30/west-bay-evacuated-after-potential-unexploded-ordnance-discovered

Father and son metal detectorists help couples find lost wedding rings on NI beaches: ‘If it’s there, we’ll find it’

It only takes a second to lose a precious ring.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/father-and-son-metal-detectorists-help-couples-find-lost-wedding-rings-on-ni-beaches-if-its-there-well-find-it/a1481663974.html

Kindness of strangers shines through after newlywed loses wedding ring whilst saving drowning child

A newlywed lost his wedding ring whilst saving a child who was drowning in the lake at South Park

macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-news/kindness-of-strangers-shines-through-after-newlywed-loses-ring-whilst-saving-drowning-child-269899

Detecting News Worldwide

Fancy that!

Treasure finds in Down significantly higher than any other county

The county has had 28 finds in the last 34 years

www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/treasure-finds-in-down-significantly-higher-than-any-other-county-RW4MBDED6VGXTNAXDR2DQP7H4Y

Islander finds joy, lost valuables through metal detecting

(Aug. 28, 2025) Travis Nichols is becoming a bit of a local legend.

www.ack.net/news/islander-finds-joy-lost-valuables-through-metal-detecting/article_1825a391-d682-42c9-8c63-4d0b2250c404.html

Do you have news to share? Just send it over and we’ll get it in a future newsletter!

MDN Subscriber Giveaways

We are lucky to have generous sponsors who are supporting MDN with giveaway prizes, plus there’s a few prizes that we’ve thrown in for good measure too!

August’s winners are:-
[email protected] has won the OG Field Cleaning Kit from Composite Cleaning Pencil
[email protected] has won the Searcher Ultimate carry bag from me!

Congrats to both!

September - we have the awesome NEW Composite Cleaning Pencil Field Kit to giveaway this month - many thanks to Graham!

Call 01243 545060 and mention ‘MDN’ for 10% discount on most items!

Latest Youtube videos

Gary Blackwell takes a look at some mid range bargain machines and compares their features, value and performance in his Skill School.

Miss Detectorist is out and about at the Minelab 500 weekender

Griff Finds is on the hammered with a new program on the Manticore

Club & Rally roundup

The summer rally season is nearly upon us, so here’s a roundup of the main weekenders we know about so far!
Just Detect UK Six Bells - 4-7 September, in South West Lincolnshire
RCM No Frills 1 - 5-7 September, nr Bath
Detectival - SOLD OUT - dates are 13-14 September, in Hertfordshire
Detectormania - 19-21 September, Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders
RCM No Frills 2 - 26-28 September, between Malmesbury and Cirencester.
RCM No Frills 3 - 3-5 October, nr Hungerford

If you are a rally organiser and you’d like to promote your forthcoming event in the newsletter just drop me a line.