r/MetalDetectingUK

I find an absolute ton of these things. Would be interested to see if any others have the same experience or not.

Came in supper eratic on my Nox, bounced between 6 and 9 constantly without moving, this bit is about 52mm long weighs 8.6 grams and is oval shaped. I don't think it's that old but a bit fancy for most of my finds.

Few more hours on my small garden with the new Vanquish 460 today and finally pulled out my first ring-type find 😄

Turns out it’s almost certainly just an old silver-plated decorative/costume jewellery piece with the stone missing and the ring crushed, but still really cool to pull something personal out of the ground rather than another nail or milk bottle top.

Garden keeps giving up little bits of history:

* 1941 halfpenny

* clay pipe stem

* EPNS spoon

* old buttons/tools

* endless lead and iron 😂

Starting to understand why people get addicted to this hobby.

Hi all. Found this while digging another signal. Non metal. Is it a piece off a smoking pipe? Northeast England

​Hi everyone! I’m a solo developer and a fellow dirtfisher.

​I wanted to share a quick video of an Android app I've been building called CoilTrail. I just updated it with a "marker clustering" feature. Basically, if you have hundreds of finds in one field, it groups them up so your map doesn't turn into a laggy mess, and splits them apart as you zoom in.

​More importantly for this group, I managed to integrate high-res LiDAR/Hillshade specifically for England. You can use the slider to fade it in and spot old earthworks and pathways right under your pins. The whole thing works 100% offline so you don't need cell service in the field.

​I’m still developing and improving it, so I would absolutely love to hear what the UK detecting community thinks!

​You can find it on Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niittyproduction.coiltrail

Just to be fully transparent with the community: the app is free to download and play around with, but the heavy offline maps and UK LiDAR require a Pro subscription (there is a 7-day free trial). As a solo dev, offering high-res data offline means I will quickly hit paid API and server limits as more people use the app. To keep this project sustainable in the long run without stuffing it with annoying ads, I had to put the heavy mapping features behind a subscription. Hope you understand!

Hi everyone, any idea what this item is? Thanks

So I went out today with my pal for our first metal detecting run on a ploughed field. I have a garratt ace. Can anyone help me with the id for this tiny thin little coin? Found near bardfield

Its a bit rough. Thank you!

Found in Devon, 27mm wide, 2mm hole, pretty sure it's lead

Well I upgraded to a Nokta Legend. Found a pro brand new unused for a great price so what better than getting out in the garden with the new pinpointer and spade.

3mx4m garden and a quick going over found these below.

Away to chat to my local farmers where I had permissions before to ask if it’s still ok.

Happy hunting !