Welcome to our metal detecting club. We are a small group from Redditch and the surrounding counties  that are very keen to go out metal detecting at every available opportunity.
    

Photo by Russel Peach.
We are very greatful for our new silver trophy that has been donated to us by Sponsor Mike Longfield, pictured next to his carved roman column top, Mike has traded metal detectors from his Coventry home for over 32 years and gives the sport outstanding support, most definately  the best place to purchase your new and used metal detectors. Website Link: http://www.metaldetectors.gbr.cc/
 
Club members organise rallies where we hold a competition to see who can find the best coin and best artefact for the day.
At the monthly club meeting we always have a display cabinet showing our best finds of the previous month, and it would be unusual not to have Roman coins, Medieval hammered coins, buckles, pipe tampers, thimbles, rings, military badges etc. on display every month.
We are also very fortunate to have Angie Bolton (a Finds Liaison Officer from the Portable Antiquities Scheme) come along to every second club meet.  As a club we wish to encourage the close links that this valuable scheme has bought about between responsible metal detectorists and archaeologists. All finds that may be over 300 years old should be voluntarily handed over to the P.A.S. , with the find spot details, for recording and measuring before being returned.
Each month we aim to send club news and pictures of our best finds for publication in the "club activities" section of "The Searcher" magazine.

Guests are invited along to all our rallies and club meets as long as they abide by the few sensible rules we have.

Please feel free to use the links and see some of our recent finds from the counties that make up the centre of the UK.