Metal Detecting News #9

Anthony Cawood
May 12, 2025

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Hi, and welcome to the latest edition of Metal Detecting News, your regular roundup of all the detecting news that’s worth reading! Shorter edition than normal as I'm on hols, but managed to find time to get this one out.

We’re also delighted to announce our new sponsor, RUTUS, the innovative manufacturer of the Versa, possibly the most versatile and pound for pound best value detector on the market. And as always, thanks to our other sponsors, Composite Cleaning Pencil and The Big Detecting Show

Those generous chaps at Composite Cleaning Pencil have also provided a monthly giveaway pack! So, from May onwards one lucky winner each month will receive a trio pack of a Cleaning Pencil, Preserve it Wax and the Refill Pack!

That’s just one of the great Subscriber giveaway prizes currently on offer, checkout the Subscriber Giveaway section for what’s available in the next few months.

If you think a friend would enjoy this newsletter, CLICK HERE to share MDN via email and let them know about all the goodies they could win!

Manufacturer & Dealer News

Drotek MT12 officially launched for UK sales. A range of launch deals available. https://www.drotekor.com/pages/drotek-mt12-metal-detector-uk-launch-deal

RUTUS have now come on board with MDN as the main manufacturer sponsor. Watch this space for RUTUS news, offers and info.

Vertical promo image of the Rutus Versa metal detector

Detecting News UK

Weekly, Thursday nights at 8pm on YouTube, Facebook and elsewhere!

The Big Detecting Show is the UKs premier weekly metal detecting event, showcasing the characters in the hobby, news and views, regular competitions, fun and games… you’d be mad to miss it! Thursday 8pm, Facebook, Youtube, everywhere really! This week it is Dave and Adrian shooting the s**t, about everything from badgers to missing fibulas.

Metal detectorists unearth dazzling Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet raven head and ring: 'It's unbelievable — I'm a bit emotional'

Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/metal-detectorists-unearth-dazzling-anglo-saxon-gold-and-garnet-raven-head-and-ring-its-unbelievable-im-a-bit-emotional

'I found a 4,000-year-old axe head with my new metal detector'

Cameron Anderson was amazed to dig up all three parts of what is thought to be a Bronze Age axe head.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v9v1dz2p1o

Bournemouth metal detectorist awarded for helping hundreds

Darren Wiles receives a BCP Council community award for his work retrieving lost items.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dq12neq2go

Saxon cross discovered in Leeds field to be displayed in museum

The pendant is believed to date from the 8th Century and have been a worn by a high status person.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ged21dl5vo

Detecting News Worldwide

Man stumbles across hoard of priceless coins while out for nature walk: 'Face to face with history'

Metal detectorist Marius Mangeac spoke with Fox News Digital about recently discovering a hoard of Ancient Roman treasure in the Romanian wilderness.

www.foxnews.com/travel/man-stumbles-across-hoard-priceless-coins-nature-walk-face-face-history

MDN Subscriber Giveaways

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

These are subscriber giveaways, so all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is stay subscribing! And yes, before you ask, you can win more than once.

Web banner for the Composite Cleaning Pencil featureing their web address www.cleaningpencil.com

Composite Cleaning Pencil trio set - this includes a Cleaning Pencil, Preserve it Wax and the Refill Pack! We have one of these packs per month to giveaway between now and December, and first draw will be end of May!

Garrett Pro-pointer AT - One lucky subscriber will win a new Garrett Pro-Pointer AT, draw will run until end of May and be drawn and announced in the first issue of MDN in June!

Digathon Ticket - one lucky subscriber will win a full adult weekender ticket for the SOLD OUT Digathon in August! The lucky winner will be drawn at the end of July!

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Call and mention tcDetects for 10% discount on most items!

Latest Youtube videos

Mike and Rick over at The Metal Detecting Channel are out on yet another new field!

Gary Blackwell is out with his latest vid, this time looking at the Nokta Triple Score.

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!

Digathon - SOLD OUT - dates are 22nd - 25th August, in Pocklington East Yorkshire
Coil to the Soil - 21st - 26th August, Berwick Upon Tweed
Just Detect UK Six Bells - 4th - 7th September, in South West Lincolnshire
Detectival - SOLD OUT - dates are 13th - 14th September, in Hertfordshire
Detectormania - 19th - 21st September, Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders

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

All the rest that’s fit to print

Imagine this as a find!

'I did not expect to find a shipwreck!' says boy whose treasure is being excavated | CBC News

During a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park north of Goderich, Ont., in 2023, Lucas Atchison was using a metal detector he got for his birthday when he found something big and old.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/i-did-not-expect-to-find-a-shipwreck-says-boy-whose-treasure-is-being-excavated-1.7531183?utm_source=metal-detecting-news.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=metal-detecting-news-9