We recently asked our Facebook community to share the names of local Metal Detecting Clubs, to help anyone who might be struggling to find permission, looking to join a new group, or just starting out and wanting to meet like-minded people.
Please note: The clubs listed haven’t been verified by Regton, the list has been collated from suggestions in our Facebook community.
Scotland
- Dumfries & Galway Metal Detecting
- Heart of Scotland Charity digs – Central Scotland
- Highland Metal Detectorists – Scottish Highlands
- Metal Detecting North East Scotland
- Ross-Shire Relic – North Scotland
- Toddys – Metal Detecting Scotland
- North Detectorists – Based in Scotland
England
North East
- County Durham Metal Detectorists (CDMD) – County Durham
- East Durham Detectors – East Durham
North West
- Cheshire East Metal Detecting Club
- Stockport Metal Detecting Club – Greater Manchester
- Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Detectorist Club – Lancashire
Yorkshire & Humber
- Advents Digs – North Yorkshire
- Down to Earth Digs – North Yorkshire
- DIGGERS DEN – Yorkshire & Lincolnshire (Doncaster based)
- South Yorkshire Metal Detecting
- NERDS – North & East Riding of Yorkshire
- Lune Valley Metal Detecting Members Group – North England
West Midlands
- Midlands Detecting Days – Across the Midlands
- Wheaton Aston Metal Detecting Club – Staffordshire
- Detecting Warwickshire
- Kings Finds – Warwickshire
- Can you dig it – Midlands
- Dragon Diggers – Midlands
- Go Detecting – Midlands
- Noble Pursuits Metal Detecting – Midlands
- Stourbridge Metal Detecting Club – Central Midlands
- Shrewsbury & Shropshire Metal Detecting Club
- WodensDay MDC– Shropshire
East Midlands
- Down To Earth Charity Digs – Derbyshire
- LCSS Loughborough Coin and Search Society Leicestershire
- Southlincs Searcher– Lincoln, Nofilk, Cambs
South East
- Berkshire Metal Detecting Group – Berkshire
- Metal Detectives – Bucks, Beds, Essex, Berks
- Clacton Lost Item Recovery And Dig Days – Essex
- Dedham Vale Detectorists – Essex
- Essex Detecting Society – Essex
- Friends of Dedham Vale Detectorists – Essex
- Friends of Mistley Metal Detecting – Essex
- Wickford Metal Detecting Club – Essex
- Hampshire Detecting Club – Hampshire
- Hayling Detect – Hampshire
- Tidewater Coin and Relic club – Portsmouth
- Invicta Seekers Metal Detecting Club – Kent
- Medway History Finders – Kent
- Mid Kent Metal Detecting Club – Maidstone
- Oxford Blues Metal Detecting Club – Oxfordshire
- The Phoenix Historical and Detecting Society – Wiltshire & Oxfordshire
- Brighton Detecting Club – Sussex
- LEGISE – Landscape Explorers Group – General South East
- South East Searchers – General South East
South West
- DCDD Devon, Cornwall and Dorset Detecting Group
- North Cornwall Metal Detecting
- Mid Devon Detectorists
- Dorset and West Pastfinders
- Minehead Area Detectorists
- Somerset Metal detectorists UK
- Soil Surfers – South England
- The Soil Searchers – South England
- South West Searchers MD Club – Plymouth
Isle of Man
Wales
- Flintshire Finders – North Wales
- HSS Mold – North Wales – Not accepting new members
- Knights Templar Metal Detecting – South Wales
- MDP Detecting Days – South, Mid & West Wales
- Metal Detecting Passport– Across Wales
- Mid Wales Metal Detecting – Mid & West Wales
- Roman Raiders – South East Wales & South West England
- South & Mid Wales Veterans & Civilian Metal Detecting Club
UK Wide
- Heart of England Metal Detecting
- MDP Detecting Days
- Muddy Boots Detecting Group
- North Detectorists
- The Silver Sniffers – UK Wide
- Six on Sticks Metal Detecting – UK Wide
- Sons of Archaeology Metaldetecting Club – UK Wide
- The Weekend Wanderers
If you know of a club that’s missing from the list, drop it in the comments below and we’ll add it in!