Metal Detecting News #57

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

In this edition, we have the usual mix of news, digs and vids to brighten your day, and don’t forget the new subscriber giveaway prize of a Nokta Backpack - tell your friends!

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

See you in the fields!

Industry News

Very little tbh…

No really… nothing!

Leaving this one here so we can drum up some more support for Wayne Rowlands, friend of the hobby, maker of amazing finds cabinets, and all round good guy, and he’s raising money for RCM’s cancer charity by walking from his home in Wales to the Rodney Cook Memorial rally this year - 270 miles! Metal Detecting News has donated - please do the same if you can!

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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!

RRP £89.99

We also have a brand new subscriber competition, a Nokta rucksack which retails at £89.99, which will be drawn at the end of April so you have it in time for all those summer rallies!

This is in addition to our usual Composite Cleaning Pencil monthly giveaway!

If you want to buy this cracking bit of kit then most of the majority of dealerships have it - I’d start with Detecnicks ;-)

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.

First up, news of a new event, sounds like a great idea too - keep an eye on their facebook page.

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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