Treasure Hunting Magazine DECEMBER 2026 - SID PERRY

The UK’s favourite metal detecting magazine – proudly family-run since 1977.

If you love metal detecting, you’ll love Treasure Hunting Magazine – the UK’s leading metal detecting magazine. Each month, we bring you a brilliant mix of real-life stories, expert tips, amazing finds, and all the inspiration you need to get out and enjoy the hobby. Written by detectorists, for detectorists, it’s packed with useful advice to help you read the land, improve your finds, and identify what you’ve uncovered.

Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, there’s something here for everyone. And for less than the cost of a pint, you’ll get hours of reading to spark your curiosity and fuel your next adventure.

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After such a long, hot and exceptionally dry summer, the wetter winter weather will be welcomed by many detectorists. Months of baked-hard ground made digging difficult and, at times, getting a spade into the soil felt more like roadworks than detecting.

Thankfully, conditions are now much more favourable. Softer, damper ground makes recovery easier and can help those targets stand out more clearly. With crops harvested and many fields now open again, winter is a great time to revisit permissions or explore ground that was simply too hard during the summer. Winter detecting can be cold and muddy, but a good signal soon makes you forget the weather. So wrap up warm and make the most of the conditions.

DECEMBER 2026 CONTENTS

News and Views Treasure Hunting Magazine

News & Views

This month’s selection of news and stories from around the world of metal detecting includes an update on a previously featured medieval mount and a reminder to always check your grots!

The Yorkshire Detectorist

In this month’s column, Nick Toczek discovers the pitfalls of wearing a free detecting cap and comes up with his own solution to an embarrassing sunburn.

Reader Finds

A glorious pictorial summary of some of our readers’ recent finds.

Out with the Blu Tack – Photographing Awkward Artefacts

Josie Elias shows how a simple sponge and paperclip can take the frustration out of photographing brooches, buttons and other awkwardly shaped finds.

UFOs

Alistair Milne opens his box of Unidentified Found Objects and asks readers to help solve some of the mysteries gathered over years of detecting.

The Tudor Manor House

A detecting trip with his daughter leads Nick Burston to investigate a long-lost manor house site, uncovering hammered coins, intriguing artefacts and a surprise explanation for that first Roman coin.

My Favourite Finds Part 4

Denise Moncaster shares more memorable discoveries, from a stunning Henry VII groat to a runic spindle-whorl, recalling the stories that make each find special.

A Handshake in Gold: An Intriguing Roman Ring Goes to Auction

Ella MacKenzie examines a Roman gold ring found in Norfolk and explores its possible connection to the coinage of the short-lived emperor Marius.

Portable Antiquities Scheme Update

This regular feature provides a summary of what has been recorded recently on the PAS database, this month focusing on medieval finds including an impressive piece of medieval armour found in Yorkshire.

Timeless Treasures

Julian Evan-Hart visits the Museum of Chelmsford to see the spectacular Great Baddow Hoard, as well as finds made from a local Iron Age cemetery excavation.

Celtic Coin Values

Details and sale prices of Celtic coins sold recently by Chris Rudd Auctions.

Product Review: Grubs Boots

Adrian Gayler puts a pair of Grubs Shoreline 4.0 boots through their paces.

Auction Round-Up

A selection of lots sold at TimeLine Auctions’ recent sale.

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READER FINDS
SHARING YOUR SUCCESS

Reader Finds through all your efforts has now become a very strong and established element of the contents of Treasure Hunting magazine. First initiated some five years ago they have since expanded from one page to four.

Apart from the delight of seeing your find published this section also benefits other readers whose identical and similar complete and ‘partefact’ finds have often been identified as a result. As we all know this hobby isn’t all about gold and silver (despite our desires), although of course both are welcome in this section and so almost any detecting find is qualified to appear here. Your first Viccy penny, broken hammered, fibula section, Roman coin, even an interesting shot gun cartridge tip, all are welcome and are indeed make a good reflection of our hobby as a whole.

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