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Metal Detecting News #45
Anthony Cawood
January 17, 2026
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Hi, and welcome to the latest edition of Metal Detecting News, thanks for stopping by!
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Industry News
Greenlight Publishing have a sale on! Up to 40% off on selected books - fill your boots (and your holes - neatly!)
A couple of dealers have started ‘Register your interest’ and ‘Pre-order’ type promos on the new Minelab Vanquish 500 series, here’s the one from Spin-A-Disc for the 560 Pro-pack.
Keeping this one here for another week or so, just in case anyone missed it over the festive period!
Our friends over at AMDS are not only offering an amzing £10,000,000 in public liability insurance for the princely sum of just £5 per year for membership, but if you become a member or renew before 31st March this year you’ll automatically be entered into a draw to win a Minelab Manticore - kindly supplied by Crawfords - no brainer really!
I also noticed that our friends over at TheGenealogist have a January offer, free trial of their top tier Diamond package for a whole month and then a discounted annual subscription if you decide to carry on (but don’t forget to cancel if you don’t want it beyond the trial!) - for UK detectorists this can be a great resources as they have the Tithe maps online for most areas, these pre-date OS maps and can be a fantastic source of info on your fields - and yes I’m an affiliate!
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As announced further up, Caroline McLaughlin has won the Rutus Versa in our December prize draw… but that’s not all as also have John Web winning a Cleaning Pencil Kit too! Please both respond to the emails I’ve sent you.
And, as always we have the awesome NEW Composite Cleaning Pencil Field Kit to give away this month - many thanks to Graham!
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Club & Rally roundup
If you have a weekender, charity event etc and would like to let people know just send me a message and I will include in here.
News in of the first confirmed rally of 2026 and a ticket offer too, though they may have run out by now!
Next up, Minelab 500 - Reunion 14-16 Aug.
All the rest that’s fit to print
My good friend, and friend of the hobby, Dave Sadler, has launched a brand new venture! I’ll let Dave do the intro… “Histories, Mysteries & Beyond is a multidisciplinary independent publishing and book-retail business exploring the worlds of the paranormal, UFOs, archaeology, history, metal detecting, treasure mysteries, and secret societies such as the Knights Templar.” Now check it out! |  |
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