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Detecting History: Metal Detecting & History Podcast

by Katie MacDoyle

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Latest episodes

FieldFinders APP: AI, LiDAR & Finding New Metal Detecting Permissions with Sebastian | Detecting History

September 27, 2026 · 39 min

In this episode of Detecting History, Murray Price is joined by Sebastian from FieldFinders, a new metal detecting platform designed to help detectorists find legal detecting permissions and research the history of the land they are…
Metal Detecting News, Permissions & Forgotten History | Murray Price Joins Detecting History

September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Welcome back to the Detecting History Podcast! After a long, hot and very dry summer, we're back and this time Katie isn't going it alone. Welcome to Murray Price from the Bearded Bleepers, our brand-new co-host for Series 4! Katie and…
XP Icon X, Metal Detecting News & the Princes in the Tower

May 24, 2026 · 24 min

Katie is back with a solo summer catch-up packed with metal detecting news, history and channel updates. In this episode: a huge well done to the 100th episode giveaway winners and a thank you to Swing and Dig, The Etching Booth, Composite…
Kenneth Collard: The Detectorists, Metal Detecting & Mudlarking on the Thames

May 2, 2026 · 57 min

This week's episode is a special one as its the 100th one! Our guest is very special too....! Actor Kenneth Collard, known to this community as the Mayor from the BBC series The Detectorists, and to a wider audience from Cuckoo, House of…
Roman Hoards & Rare British Finds with Gloucestershire Detectorists

April 25, 2026 · 54 min

Darren Searle and Rod from Gloucestershire Detectorists join Katie to tell the story of two finds that most detectorists will never experience in a lifetime of searching. The first: a scattered Roman hoard where both Darren and Rod's very…

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Scottish Loch Larking: WWII Revolver, Medieval Hoard & Bronze Age Finds | Bottles from the Deep

April 19, 2026 · 60 min

Jamie and Erin from Bottles from the Deep join Katie to talk about loch larking, their unique hobby of snorkeling in Scottish lochs to find Victorian bottles, ceramics and all sorts of historical treasures. Jamie shares the story of…
UK Metal Detecting News: Iron Age Hoards, Nighthawking & the PAS

April 11, 2026 · 23 min

What's been happening in the world of UK metal detecting in 2026? In this solo episode, Katie rounds up the biggest stories so far this year and announces the Detecting History 100th episode giveaway competition. First up, the Melsonby…
Metal Detecting in Oxfordshire: Hammered Coins, Roman Finds & Permissions

April 6, 2026 · 53 min

UK metal detecting podcast. This week Katie is joined by Lewis from lewis_detects on Instagram, an Oxfordshire-based detectorist with seven years of experience finding hammered coins, Roman artefacts and medieval silver across the fields…
Thames Mudlarking & Metal Detecting: Tudor Buckles, Trade Beads & Roman Finds

March 29, 2026 · 47 min

This week Katie sits down with Sam Willoughby, known on Instagram as the_peaky_larker, a Kent-based mudlarker, metal detectorist and self-described archaeo-detectorist who bridges both worlds with the kind of knowledge and ethics that…
Three Celtic Coins, Roman Roads & Time Team with Emma Youell

March 22, 2026 · 45 min

Emma Youell (https://www.instagram.com/emloveoldstuff/) is back, and she has had quite a couple of years. Since her last appearance on the podcast, Emma has ticked off not one but two items from her detecting bucket list finding two Iron…
Canada to England: Metal Detecting, Hammered Coins & History with Wayne May

March 15, 2026 · 53 min

This week Katie is joined by Wayne May, the Canadian detectorist behind the hugely popular YouTube channel Treasure Earth, which has amassed over 44,000 subscribers since Wayne relaunched it in 2022. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Wayne has…
Roman Hoards, Henry VIII Coins & Viking Gold with Darren Booth

March 8, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

This week on the UK's metal detecting and mudlarking podcast, Darren Booth of History Unearthed is back. We dig into his 337-coin Roman hoard now heading for a major museum display, his Henry VIII sovereign penny found in Cumbria, and the…

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About the show

Detecting History is a UK podcast about the people who go looking for the past, wherever it may be found. Hosted by Katie MacDoyle and Murray Price, each episode explores metal detecting, mudlarking, bottle hunting, fossil hunting, beachcombing, treasure hunting and historical collecting, uncovering the stories behind the objects and discoveries people make. From Roman coins and medieval artefacts to bottles, fossils, jewellery, shipwreck finds and forgotten objects hidden beneath our feet, we explore the discoveries that connect us with the people who came before us. Katie and murray chats together an with detectorists, mudlarkers, bottle hunters, fossil hunters, archaeologists, historians, collectors and experts from across the community. Expect incredible finds, fascinating history, expert interviews, detecting adventures, archaeological discoveries, responsible collecting and the stories behind the objects we uncover. Because every find has a story. Find us on all socials /detectinghistorychannel 10% off some items at Regton.com using promo code DHPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.