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

If you love metal detecting, you’ll love Treasure Hunting 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 info to help you read the land, improve your finds, and figure out what you’ve dug up. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been detecting for years, there’s something for everyone.

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January 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 features some stunning finds, including a Roman figurine from Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon gold from Staffordshire and a Sicilian gold coin found in Northumberland.

The Yorkshire Detectorist

In this month’s column Nick Toczek looks at that cursed metal: aluminium.

Christmas Competition

Christmas Competition – Don’t miss your chance to enter our free competition to win a brand new Nokta Legend 2 worth £995!.

PAS Finds Report 2024

Annual summary highlighting the work of the PAS team and some of the most notable finds recorded during the year.

Searches with the Manticore: Part 1

Find out what Paul Bancroft makes of the Minelab Manticore as he revisits some familiar fields.

How Age Shapes What you Hear in the Field

Adrian Gayler investigates how age-related hearing decline can affect your detecting experience, and how tweaking your detector settings can help.

Digging up the years by David Villaneuva

Digging up the Years – The Adventure Begins

David Villaneuva, a pioneer in the hobby of metal detecting, looks back at those very early years of beach detecting in the 1970s.

Reader Finds

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

The Good the Bad and the Shiny

Hopenscope switches to a lightweight XP Deus II to ease a painful elbow – the results are a fascinating selection of finds.

Magnificent Bronze Age Gold Bangle

Andy Hughes braves the terrible weather and unearths the find of a lifetime from a permission near Shrewsbury.

An Urban Treasure Hunter Meets the Mummy

Michael Chaplan is asked to assist with his metal detector in a most unusual case!

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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