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Metal Detecting News #47

Metal Detecting News #47

Anthony Cawood
February 01, 2026

Industry news, important finds, rallies, and more - free every week!

Hi, and welcome to the latest edition of Metal Detecting News, thanks for stopping by!

Big week for Nokta with the Legend 2 starting to ship to dealers, it will be in eager hands soon!

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

See you in the fields!

Industry News

First up, exciting news from Nokta, posted on 28 Jan, the Legend 2 is shipping to dealers right now!

Keep an eye on Youtube for those first reviews of the brand new machine!

Scroll down to the YouTube video section for a menu walkthrough on the new machine by Skill School’s Gary Blackwell!

News of a new app and an old one returning!

First up is Detector Maps.

This looks like it may have been adapted for general Detectorists from a gold prospecting app.

So in addition to geological info and maps that’ll help with the gold hunting, there’s also what looks like the entire PAS database in here too.

Hard to test it too much as yet as the free plan is limited, and the ‘Academy’ they are planning to launch isn’t available yet… so I can’t see any demo vids.

Paid plan is £10 a month, and like other apps of this nature, you can plot routes, mark finds etc.

Available on Apple and Android, let me know if anyone is using it and what you think of it.

Next up is news of an app many of us have used in the past… Tect O Trak.

After a couple of years of silence, when it looked like the app was dead, the developer has taken to their Facebook page to say they are working on a new & updated version.

Their hope is that with newer technology and development options they’ll be able to address some of the previous issues (GPS accuracy in particular) and develop it in such a way as to make it easier to keep up to date.

Personally I’m really hoping we see this happen as I always thought this was the best dedicated app at the time, hopefully be even better this time. Fingers crossed!

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!

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Detecting News UK

Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse

Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93v21q5xdvo

'Mini hoard' of silver coins found in field

A ‘mini hoard’ of silver coins dating back some 400 years was discovered in a Forest field.

The new treasure hunters: How metal-detecting became a way for women in the UK to bond

The popularity of this activity among British women has surged in recent years. What used to be seen as a somewhat quirky hobby, mainly for retirees with spare time, has become a source of support for many in today’s confusing digital world

Two men arrested by police for illegally metal detecting on historic ground

Two men have been detained by Humberside Police after illegally metal detecting on monument ground around Stamford Bridge.

The 'fascinating' finds of a Yorkshire bottle digger

Eddie Goodall searches for old bottles around Hebden Bridge - but there are concerns about safety.

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Detecting News Worldwide

2,000-year-old roman treasure unearthed in germany reveals lost empire secrets

Rest of World News: Northern Germany's fields and forests have held quiet secrets for decades. Near Borsum, in a woodland, something remarkable surfaced.

A Medieval Bronze Cross Reunites with Its Lost Mould After 40 Years

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in eastern Germany has reunited a medieval bronze cross with the mould used to cast it—more than four decades after the mould itself was found.

Ring lost on Maine beach returns 30 years later

During a summer day on a beach in Ogunquit or Wells, Maine, a 19-year-old Ryan Johnson threw a football to one of his friends and watched as his high school ring flew alongside the football before sinking into the surf.

U.S. Forces Metal Detecting in Germany: Finding a Lost Pioneer

10-year-old Gideon was heartbroken when they moved from Idaho to Germany. Germany was nothing like Idaho. There were no trout-packed rivers that coiled through rugged mountains and plains. There was no gold to be scavenged from the region in which they now lived. He had loved metal detecting with his father for naturally occurring gold by streambanks and riverbeds that wound through ‘The Gem State,’ but those times were gone.

A discovery on Belmar Beach returns a graduation ring lost since 1966 to Crete High School

The internet continues to fascinate with the stories it tells. Siblings lost for years reunited thanks to Facebook, engagement rings valued at $40,000 found

Thanks to a map drawn by his father he uncovers an 80-year-old family treasure - Futura-Sciences

Imagine discovering a hidden treasure, buried by your ancestors on the eve of a conflict that would reshape the world. This isn’t fiction, but the real-life story of a man who unearthed his family’s legacy.

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

Tithe Maps are available online for most areas of the England and Wales through TheGenealogist website, it’s on their Diamond subscription and they often have free trials on so worth a look.
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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!

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!

DETECTORMANIA 2026 (11-13 Sept)

Christmas ticket SALE. First 200 tickets only £55 (normally £75), that’s for full camping weekend. Location - TBC, but somewhere in Northumberland.

www.lothianrelics.com/event-details/detectormania-2026

Next up, Minelab 500 - Reunion 14-16 Aug.

All the rest that’s fit to print

Cumbria hill could hold grave of Viking king Ivarr the Boneless

Archaeologist Steve Dickinson believes the mound could contain the 9th Century king and his ship.

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!