Solent Metal Detecting Club

National organisations

The Federation of Independent Detectorists ( FID ) :- See the website http://www.fid.newbury.net

The new Federation of Independent Detectorists ( FID ) :- See the website http://www.fid.org.uk

The National Council for Metal Detectorists ( NCMD ) :- Website is www.ncmd.co.uk

Monthly magazines

Treasure Hunting:- See the website at www.treasurehunting.co.uk

The Searcher:- See the website at www.thesearcher.co.uk

Local metal detecting shops

Detecnicks of Fontwell:- See the website at http://www.detecnicks.co.uk

Where is it? Click here for a location map.

Detector distribution at Yapton:- See the web site at http://www.detector-distribution.co.uk

Finds Recording

The Portable Antiquities Scheme ( PAS ) at http://www.finds.org.uk

UK Finds Data Base at http://ukdfd.co.uk

The Rosemary Foundation

The Rosemary Foundation web site is at http://rosemary-foundation.org.uk

To read the latest Rosemary Foundation Newsletter on-line, click on this link.

- and then click on the newsletter.

General Information

You might find the site at http://detecting.org.uk useful.

A useful site:- http://www.ukdetectornet.co.uk/

The law of 'Treasure Trove'

The old laws of Treasure Trove are now covered by the Treasure Act (1996). Details of this can be found at http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf

The law of Treasure Trove in Scotland

The laws for Treasure Trove in Scotland are different from that of England and Wales. Details can be found at :- www.treasuretrovescotland.co.uk

The following links may also be of interest:-

Roman Britain:-

http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk

http://www.roman-britain.org

Celtic coins:-

http://www.writer2001.com/cciwriter2001/index

National Archives:-

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

UK and European Metal Detecting Forum:-

http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk

General interest

www.strange-old-things-the-mobile-museum.co.uk

http://www.treasurehunting.com/

The Metal Detecting Hobby Talk

http://www.mdhtalk.org

The other side of the coin, devil's advocate, a different viewpoint !

http://heritageaction.wordpress.com

A source of Metal Detecting accessories?

http://www.metaldetectingauction.com/

Useful for finding a grid reference.

http://www.gridreferencefinder.com

If you can speak Italian, or intend to holiday/detect in Italy, this site may be of interest!

http://www.italiametaldetector.it

The "UK" page of www.stoutstandards.wordpress.com may be of interest.

https://stoutstandards.wordpress.com/malamute-saloon/

There is a lot of interesting and entertaining stuff here , if you have the time to wade through it all, but do read the article entitled NO JOKE, which starts:-

NO JOKE

There’s a nasty disease doing the rounds and it’s rearing its ugly head predominantly in Southern England. In common lingo, it’s a real bastard. Period. It goes by the name Lyme Disease.

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