Solent Metal Detecting Club

The Solent Metal Detecting Club was formed by a group of metal detecting enthusiasts who meet once a month. These meetings are largely informal. A raffle is held during each meeting to help with club funding. We arrange occasional talks by visiting speakers on a variety of subjects. A Finds Liaison Officer attends at regular intervals to record finds for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. All our members are required to be a member of the Federation Of Independent Detectorists (FID). The club is based in Waterlooville ( click here for map and details ) and has a number of areas of land locally where we have permission to search.

The club supports the Rosemary Foundation Nursing Trust which is a registered charity. We make donations from funds raised by charging our members £3 each time they search an area of land.

Recent additions

Watch this space for announcements about recent additions to this web site.

See the Notice Board for the latest additions.

Please inform me of future club events, or other events of interest to members, so that they can be advertised on this web site.

Wanted, - land to search

In 1975 a lady weeding the rockery at her home in Devon found a small silver coin that turned out to be a rare Roman coin of the first century BC. A museum, paid £25000 for the coin - a lot of money in those days.........

Any land, from large farm to a small garden is worth a search to uncover any possible historic artefacts lost items or even valuable treasure that may be there just under the soil surface. The normally accepted agreement is that the finder and the landowner share, on a 50/50 basis, any proceeds resulting from a search. If you are interested in the history of your property, or would like to know if anything valuable is hidden just below the surface on your land, contact this web site. Note:- it is normal practice to have a simple written agreement, signed by both parties, defining the terms of the search permission. For an example, see the 'Where?' (to detect) page.

Lost something ?

If you have lost an item of jewellery, keys, etc we may be able to help. Click here for more details.

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