Posts Tagged With: Detecting Strategy

Don’t Let One Good Find Fool You

Posted on September 2, 2026 by David

Why one exciting discovery doesn’t necessarily make a good detecting site Which of these finds catches your eye first? And which might tell you most about a site? Take a look at the finds above. Which one caught your eye first? I’m willing to bet it was the hammered silver coin. That’s hardly surprising. Put […]

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Would You Detect This Field?

Posted on August 25, 2026 by David

How to assess a site before you ever switch on your detector Take a good look at the photograph above. Would you ask permission to detect that field? At first glance it looks promising enough. There’s a narrow country lane, established hedgerows, mature trees and farmland that has clearly been worked for generations. Perhaps you’ve […]

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Should You Stay… or Should You Go?

Posted on August 11, 2026 by David

Every detectorist eventually faces the same question: should you keep searching the same field or move on? The answer isn’t about luck—it’s about learning to read the evidence.

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The Day I Stopped Looking for Treasure

Posted on July 21, 2026 by David

The best sites don’t always look special; it’s the history beneath them that matters. People often ask me what changed after more than fifty years of metal detecting. They usually expect me to talk about technology. Perhaps a better detector, a new search technique, or some secret that transformed my results. But the biggest change […]

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