Berkshire Metal Detecting Group
Reading, Berkshire
A sizeable group centred on Reading, with around 1,700 members across Berkshire. The club runs its own digs and encourages newcomers to come along, say hello and get a feel for…
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Wessex Metal Detecting Club
Newbury, Berkshire
Wessex Metal Detecting Club works out of Newbury, but the detecting itself ranges much wider — members get out on land across Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire,…
Club detailsWoodley Searchers Group, South East Metal Detectorists
Berkshire
A Berkshire group with a sizeable following — around 1,700 members in its online community. Beyond that, the club doesn't publish much about how it operates.
Club detailsThe Soil Searchers - Metal Detecting Group
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire
Founded in 2016, The Soil Searchers run day digs and full weekends across Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Their approach is deliberate: keep attendance low and…
Club detailsThe Metal Detectives Group
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Rather than sticking to one county, The Metal Detectives Group puts on metal detecting digs and rallies across a wide spread of southern England. The group is run from…
Club detailsThe Soil Searchers
Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey
With around 8,000 members in its community, The Soil Searchers is one of the bigger detecting outfits in the south. The club runs day digs and weekenders, mostly across…
Club detailsThe Fen Diggers Metal Detecting Club
Leverington · Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Running digs around the Cambridgeshire fens since 2018, the Fen Diggers put on Saturday digs and weekenders from their base near Wisbech, plus a monthly meet-up for sharing…
Club detailsCheshire East Metal Detecting Club
Cheshire East, Cheshire
A newer metal detecting group covering the Cheshire East area, set up as a place to share finds, swap tips and learn from other detectorists. Complete beginners are welcome…
Club detailsSouth Manchester Metal Detecting Club, SMMDC
Manchester, Cheshire, Greater Manchester
South Manchester's club draws from both sides of the city boundary, covering Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and its group runs to around 2,100 members. Judging by how it…
Club detailsSouth Lancashire and Cheshire Metal Detecting Club
Widnes, Cheshire, Lancashire
One of the longest-running clubs in the country — the SLC was dates back to 1978 and is often cited as among the oldest metal detecting clubs in the UK. It covers south…
Club detailsSouth Lancs and Cheshire Metal Detecting Club
Widnes, Cheshire, Lancashire
This club covers the ground between South Lancashire and Cheshire, based out of Widnes. It's a smaller outfit, with membership somewhere around the sixty mark.
Club detailsHayle MDC
Hayle, Cornwall
Down in west Cornwall, Hayle MDC has been going since 1995 and keeps things members-only — digs are for the club alone rather than open to all comers. Meetings happen once a…
Club detailsNorth Cornwall metal detecting
Saint Tudy, Cornwall
A newer group on the north Cornwall coast, based around St Tudy, with the aim of holding regular digs across the county. Despite its relative youth it has already built a…
Club detailsKendal and District Metal Detecting Club
Kendal, Cumbria
Going since October 1993, Kendal and District Metal Detecting Club — originally just the Kendal Metal Detecting Club — is one of the longer-established clubs in Cumbria.
Club detailsDales and Matlock Metal Detecting Club
Darley Dale, Derbyshire
A small Derbyshire club based at Darley Dale, run in a friendly but properly organised way. Rather than open membership, there's a waiting list, and people on it can attend…
Club detailsSpire Metal Detecting Club S42 (SMDC)
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Chesterfield is home to Spire Metal Detecting Club, which serves detectorists in Derbyshire and has built up a following of around 2,200 members.
Club detailsIsca Metal Detecting Club
Exeter, Devon
Isca is a small Exeter club that keeps things deliberately tight — membership is capped at 30, and the waiting list currently runs to around 18 months. That tells you something…
Club detailsNewton Abbot District Metal Detecting Club
Newton Abbot, Devon
Detectorists from the Teignbridge district and the South Hams make up this Devon club, centred on Newton Abbot. The idea is simple enough: bring together local people who enjoy…
Club detailsSouthwest Searchers
Plymouth, Devon
Plymouth's Southwest Searchers meet on the third Wednesday of every month and run digs throughout the year. The club is NCMD affiliated and currently has around 70 members.
Club detailsTeignbridge History Finders
Newton Abbot, Devon
Detectorists around Teignbridge and South Devon are the core of this group, though anyone from the South West can join. It's a small, private setup for chatting and posting…
Club detailsTorbay Metal Detectors Club. Members Only.
Torbay, Devon
Torbay's club keeps itself to itself — its online group is strictly for existing members, and with fewer than thirty people involved it's clearly a small, close-knit affair.
Club detailsUK History Finders - Metal Detecting Group
Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Somerset
An active group run from Devon, though most of their digs actually happen over the border in Somerset, with occasional outings in Devon and Dorset. Digs are usually on Sundays,…
Club detailsBournemouth Metal Detecting Club
Bournemouth, Dorset
A metal detecting club based in Bournemouth, Dorset. There's not much public information about meetings or digs, so the best bet is to use the contact links to ask about…
Club detailsDorset & West Pastfinders
Blandford Forum, Dorset
It all started with a charity rally in May 2015, and Dorset & West Pastfinders has carried that spirit on ever since. The club, based around Blandford Forum, runs regular digs…
Club detailsBentpath Metal Detecting Club
Dumfries and Galloway
A small club in Dumfries and Galloway — the online group is the members' side of the Bentpath Metal Detecting Club, and only a handful of people are in it.
Club detailsCounty Durham Metal Detectorists (CDMD)
Durham
Few clubs can point to a charity record like this one. Established in 2020, County Durham Metal Detectorists is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit group that has handed £28,000…
Club detailsDunelme MDC
Spennymoor, Durham
Spennymoor in County Durham is home to Dunelme MDC, an NCMD-registered club that keeps a low profile online. Nothing is published about meetings, digs or fees, so anyone…
Club detailsNERDS - North & East Riding Detecting Squad
East Riding of Yorkshire
NERDS take the responsible side of metal detecting seriously. Covering the North and East Riding of Yorkshire, the club works with local archaeologists, has its own PAS…
Club detailsBrentwood & District Metal Detecting Club
Brentwood, Essex
One of the older clubs in Essex, Brentwood & District has been going since the 1970s. Members are men and women of all ages, and the shared aim is recovering, preserving and…
Club detailsFriends of Colchester Detecting Club
Colchester, Essex
Colchester and the surrounding Essex countryside are home turf for this group, which has around 1,700 members online. The club doesn't publish details of meetings or digs,…
Club detailsFriends of Dedham Vale Detectorists
Colchester, Essex
On the Essex side of the Dedham Vale, the Friends of Dedham Vale Detectorists operate out of Boxted, a village just north of Colchester. It's a small club rather than a big…
Club detailsFull Members of Colchester Detecting Club
Colchester, Essex
Colchester Detecting Club operates out of Colchester in Essex, with a membership in the region of two hundred. Public details about meetings and digs are thin on the ground.
Club detailsWickford Metal Detecting Club - Club Group
Wickford, Essex
Last Friday of the month is when Wickford's detectorists get together, meeting at the Community Centre in this Essex town. The online group itself is closed to anyone outside…
Club detailsFermanagh Metal Detecting Club (FMDC)
Fermanagh
One of the few clubs covering Northern Ireland, this group is mainly for detectorists in and around Fermanagh, though you don't need to be local to join.
Club detailsDigging it North Wales
Buckley, Flintshire
What started in 2025 as a way for a group of friends to keep in touch has grown quickly — Digging it North Wales now has over 600 members. The group is based around Buckley in…
Club detailsForest of Dean Metal Detecting Club
Lydney, Gloucestershire
No membership fee, no formality — the Forest of Dean club, based around Lydney, meets once a month to look over each other's finds and have a laugh. That's the whole pitch, and…
Club detailsGloucestershire Detectorists Metal Detecting
Gloucestershire
This is the group side of Gloucestershire Detectorists, set up for followers to share their finds from around the county, and around 1,200 people are in it.
Club detailsGloucestershire Metal Detecting Club G.M.D.C
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
GMDC organises metal detecting digs and rallies across the south of Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds, using permissions agreed with local farmers and landowners. The club…
Club detailsCotswolds Metal Detecting Club
Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire
Getting people out detecting across the Cotswolds is the point here, with the club's activity supporting local charities and the landowners who host it. The ground covered…
Club detailsGwent Detecting Club
Cwmbran, Gwent
Cwmbran is the base for Gwent Detecting Club, which holds regular rallies across South-East Wales. The membership is a decent size, and the rally programme keeps people out on…
Club detailsHAMPSHIRE SEEKERS METAL DETECTING CLUB
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Hampshire Seekers is a sizeable metal detecting club based around Portsmouth, with membership numbering in the thousands. Beyond that, public details about meetings and digs…
Club detailsHayling Detect
Hayling Island, Hampshire
One of the newer clubs in this directory, Hayling Detect started up in 2022 on Hayling Island. Digs run regularly across Hampshire rather than being confined to the island…
Club detailsPortchester Metal Detecting Club
Portchester, Hampshire
Something a bit different: Portchester Metal Detecting Club is a social club first and foremost. Members meet monthly to chat about the hobby, local history, recent finds — or…
Club detailsWeekend Wanderers Detecting Club
Hampshire
With a membership running into the thousands, Weekend Wanderers is one of the bigger detecting names in Hampshire. Public information about how it operates is thin, though.
Club detailsGolden Valley Searchers Metal Detecting Group
Herefordshire
Herefordshire and South Wales are the main stamping grounds for the Golden Valley Searchers, though the group will search elsewhere in the UK when the chance comes up. It's a…
Club detailsHEREFORDSHIRE SEARCHERS M.D.C
Herefordshire
Herefordshire Searchers is the county's own metal detecting club, with charity fundraising part of what they do.
Club detailsHerts & District Metal Detecting Society
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Founded in 1978, this St Albans society is one of the oldest metal detecting clubs in the country. Its ground covers Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, so members…
Club detailsCantium Metal Detecting Club - Guest Group
Kent
Serious about the history, relaxed about everything else — that's the balance Cantium MDC strikes on its days out in the Kent countryside. This is the club's guest group, which…
Club detailsCinque Ports Detecting Club
Sandwich, Kent
Fair warning up front: membership at this Sandwich-based Kent club is currently full, though they run a waiting list for those who'd like the chance to join in future.
Club detailsDartford Metal Detecting Club
Dartford, Kent
A small metal detecting club in Dartford, Kent, with membership somewhere around the forty mark. There's little public information about meetings or dig arrangements.
Club detailsInvicta Seekers Metal Detecting Club
Ashford, Kent
Since 2011, Invicta Seekers has brought together people from all sorts of backgrounds around one shared aim: saving and preserving the items of historical interest that come…
Club detailsInvicta Seekers Metal Detecting Club - Charity Fundraisers (Guest Page)
Kent
Charity is the whole point of the Invicta Seekers. This Kent club runs on a non-profit basis, with everything raised split between landowners and good causes. As of January…
Club detailsMid Kent Metal Detecting Club
Mid Kent, Kent
Formed back in 1977, Mid Kent Metal Detecting Club takes the responsible side of the hobby seriously — members record their finds properly and the club works closely with local…
Club detailsPeaky Finders Metal Detecting Club
Eastbourne, Kent
Most weekends there's a Peaky Finders dig on somewhere along the south-east coast, which makes this Eastbourne-based club a busy one by any standard. Frequency is the draw: if…
Club detailsWLMDC - Members & Organised Digs
Ormskirk, Lancashire
West Lancashire Metal Detecting Club operates around Ormskirk, and its online group is strictly members-only — you'll need to join the club proper before you're let in.
Club detailsLoughborough Coin & Search Society
Loughborough, Leicestershire
The Loughborough Coin & Search Society has been around since 1968, which puts it among the older detecting clubs in England. Events for members are arranged at various sites…
Club detailsBourne Metal Detecting Club
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Beginners get a proper welcome at Bourne's club, which treats helping newcomers into the hobby as one of its main jobs — from getting started to identifying whatever you've dug…
Club detailsLHRG (Lincolnshire Heritage Recovery Group)
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Tucked into the Lincolnshire Wolds near Market Rasen, LHRG is a small club with plenty of land around the area to search and a good deal of history under it.
Club detailsLincolnshire Search Society
Lincolnshire
Monthly meetings are the heart of this Lincolnshire society — there's a Find of the Month competition, a raffle, and the occasional guest speaker, plus news on digs happening…
Club detailsM.D.W (metal detecting wirral)
Wirral, Merseyside
The Wirral has seen Celts, Romans, Vikings and plenty since, and M.D.W exists to find what they left behind. The group's interest runs right across the periods — Celtic, Roman,…
Club detailsWest Kirby Metal Detecting Club
Wirral, Merseyside
Over on the Wirral, West Kirby Metal Detecting Club brings together people who like their metal detecting with a side of history and archaeology. Members meet up regularly to…
Club detailsMerthyr Tydfil Metal Detecting Club
Merthyr Tydfil
A newer group serving the Merthyr Tydfil area of South Wales, set up for people who share an interest in metal detecting and digging into the past. They're actively looking for…
Club detailsEast Norfolk Metal Detecting Society
Dereham, Norfolk
Fifty years is a long time in any hobby, and East Norfolk's society has clocked up exactly that. Better still, the club is currently accepting new members — not something every…
Club detailsWest Norfolk Metal Detecting Club
Norfolk
West Norfolk Metal Detecting Club covers, as the name suggests, the western side of Norfolk. It has a couple of hundred members but doesn't publish much about meetings or digs.
Club detailsWymondham & Attleborough Detecting Club
Norfolk
This Norfolk club covers the Wymondham and Attleborough area and is registered with the NCMD. They don't publish much about meetings or digs.
Club detailsAyrshire Research and Detecting Group
Dreghorn, North Ayrshire
Going since 1980, the Ayrshire Research and Detecting Group runs to a steady rhythm: a meeting in Dreghorn on the second Wednesday each month, 7.30pm start, then one outing a…
Club detailsNorth Detecting Events
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
If a regular dig calendar matters to you, North Detecting Events delivers: digs run every week, on Thursdays and Sundays, organised from Northallerton in North Yorkshire. The…
Club detailsRIPON RELIC HUNTERS METAL DETECTING CLUB
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Ripon Relic Hunters is a metal detecting club based in Ripon, North Yorkshire, with a membership of around ninety. There's little public detail about how the club runs its…
Club detailsBernaccian History Hunters
Northumberland
Twelve members, no more — Bernaccian History Hunters caps its numbers there and runs a waiting list for anyone hoping to get in. What the club lacks in size it makes up for in…
Club detailsNorthumberland Metal Detecting Club N.M.D.C
Northumberland
Covering England's far north-east, the NMDC serves detectorists across Northumberland and has around 1,600 members. The club also runs its own YouTube channel if you want a…
Club detailsKirkby Sutton Metal Detectorist Club
Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Serving the Kirkby in Ashfield and Sutton in Ashfield area of Nottinghamshire, this is a local club for detectorists on that patch. Membership sits at around sixty.
Club detailsRetford Archaeology Metal Detecting Group
Retford, Nottinghamshire
Archaeology is more than a word in the name here — Retford's group has completed a community excavation at Littleborough, has two more possible sites in view, and is raising…
Club detailsOxford Blues Metal Detecting Club
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Going for over 40 years now, the Oxford Blues are one of Oxfordshire's established metal detecting clubs. Over the decades it has grown into a member-focused outfit of around…
Club detailsPembrokeshire Prospectors Metal Detecting Society
Pembrokeshire
Another club with real staying power — Pembrokeshire Prospectors was formed in 1977 and is still going. Members get monthly meetings plus club searches held on land within…
Club detailsR.A.R.E - Rhondda Artefacts & Research Enthusiasts
Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Few clubs pack in as much as R.A.R.E. This not-for-profit Pontypridd club meets every other Wednesday — expect a quiz, a talk or a competition — and holds member rallies at £10…
Club detailsRhondda Artefacts & Research Enthusiasts
Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Detecting has deep roots in the South Wales valleys, and this Pontypridd club has been part of that since 1988. Nearly four decades on, it draws members from the local area and…
Club detailsScottish Detector Club
Gordon, Scottish Borders
The oldest established metal detecting club in Scotland, based at Gordon in the Scottish Borders. That heritage alone makes it worth knowing about if you detect north of the…
Club detailsShrewsbury & Shropshire Metal detecting Club
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Dig fees at this Shropshire club are £20, dropping to £15 each for couples, and under-16s go free — a decent nod towards getting families out in the field. The one firm rule is…
Club detailsThe iron men metal detecting club
Shropshire
A private club in Shropshire, run by its two founders, Craig and Lucas, with a few hundred members in its online group.
Club detailsWeston Super Mare Metal Detecting Club
Weston Super Mare, Somerset
A modest-sized club in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, with membership around the fifty mark. Public information about meetings and digs is limited.
Club detailsMidland Metal Detecting Club
Staffordshire
Newly formed and keeping things simple: rallies at £15 a go, with numbers held between 30 and 45 so the fields don't get swamped. Land is being lined up locally around…
Club detailsNorth Staffs Metal Detecting Club (Private Club)
Staffordshire
Another of the country's 1978 vintage clubs, North Staffs MDC is a small private club that has been going for nearly fifty years. Rather than open digs, the club negotiates a…
Club detailsSudbury Metal Detecting Club
Sudbury, Suffolk
Anyone with an interest in metal detecting is welcome here — the Sudbury club is set up as a place to discuss finds and share thoughts on the hobby, and it has grown to around…
Club detailsSt. Edmunds Searchers
Bury, Suffolk
Every monthly meeting of the St. Edmunds Searchers has the county Finds Liaison Officer in the room, taking finds away for recording and handing them back the following month —…
Club detailsNorth West Surrey Searchers
Surrey
Small by design — North West Surrey Searchers caps its membership at just 15 people, which makes it one of the most tight-knit clubs in this directory. It's registered with the…
Club detailsSurrey Metal Detecting Club
Reigate, Surrey
Detectorists of all experience levels are welcome at Surrey Metal Detecting Club, which runs from Reigate and organises rallies and digs on private land across Surrey, Sussex…
Club detailsBerks Surrey And Bucks Detecting Club
Berkshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire
Formed in 2019, this club covers a fair patch of the Home Counties — Berkshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire — with club digs held in and around all three. The online group runs…
Club detailsSussex metal detecting club
Sompting, Sussex
SMDC is based at Sompting in Sussex, with a busy group of nearly 4,000 people sharing finds and helping each other with identifications.
Club detailsGateshead Detecting Society
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Gateshead Detecting Society meets fortnightly at Gateshead Bowling Green Club on Prince Consort Road, and the digging calendar is busy — club digs run almost every Sunday.
Club detailsTyne & Wear Metal Detecting
Tyne & Wear, Tyne and Wear
Covering Tyne & Wear in the North East, this NCMD-registered club doesn't give much away online. Meeting arrangements, digs and fees aren't listed anywhere we've seen, so the…
Club detailsGo Detecting Ltd (Midlands)
Birmingham, West Midlands
One of the biggest detecting operations in the country by following, Go Detecting has been organising digs in and around the Midlands since 2019. You don't have to be a member…
Club detailsSpades Metal Detecting Club
Coventry, West Midlands
If big rallies with hundreds of diggers aren't your thing, Spades might suit you. This Coventry-based club deliberately keeps its organised digs small, searching land in and…
Club detailsStourbridge Metal Detecting Club
Stourbridge, West Midlands
Rallies are the focus for Stourbridge's club — a small, friendly outfit that heads out mainly across Worcestershire and Shropshire rather than sticking close to its West…
Club detailsSouth East Searchers
Horsham, West Sussex
For over a decade, South East Searchers has been putting on rallies across Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey from its base in Horsham. It's a friendly, members-only club with a…
Club detailsWest Riding Detecting Group
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Based in Leeds and registered with the NCMD, West Riding Detecting Group has a problem plenty of clubs would envy: it's currently full.
Club detailsTrowbridge & District Metal Detecting Club
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Patience is required at Trowbridge & District. Prospective members attend the monthly meetings for at least three months before being put forward, and even then the club is…
Club detailsMercia Metal Detecting Club
Worcester, Worcestershire
One of the newer names in this directory, Mercia Metal Detecting Club was established in 2023 and works out of Worcester, digging into the history of the surrounding region.…
Club detailsWrexham Metal Detecting Club Members only
Wrexham
Wrexham Metal Detecting Club serves the Wrexham area of North Wales, with membership somewhere around the seventy mark. It's run as a members-only club and doesn't publish much…
Club detailsNorth & East Riding Detecting Squad
Pocklington, Yorkshire Wolds
The Yorkshire Wolds around Pocklington are NERDS territory — the North & East Riding Detecting Squad, a private club run to a professional standard. Members work with local…
Club detailsFlintshire Finders
Flintshire
Most weekends you'll find this small North Wales group out on a dig — a strike rate plenty of bigger clubs don't manage.
Club detailsMid Wales Metal Detecting Group
Powys
Events in mid Wales are the plan for this Powys-based group, driven by a genuine enthusiasm for uncovering history and finding what's hidden in the ground.
Club detailsMidweek Searchers
Hampshire
What began in 2012 as a small group of friends going out together has grown into one of the larger and more active detecting clubs in the South East. Midweek Searchers is based…
Club detailsSouth & mid wales Veterans & civilian metal detecting Club
Powys
Run by veterans, this Powys-based group takes a family-orientated approach to metal detecting across south and mid Wales, and as the name says, it's open to civilians as well…
Club detailsWeald and Downland Metal Detecting Club
West Sussex
Covering West Sussex, the Weald and Downland club is a smaller outfit — around seventy members — that uses its group as the hub for sharing finds and keeping everyone up to…
Club detailsWheaton Aston Metal Detecting Club
Staffordshire
Family-friendly is the watchword at Wheaton Aston, a village club out in the Staffordshire countryside. The aim is straightforward: make metal detecting enjoyable for everyone…
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