The Hertfordshire History Hunter
Every field has a story to tell, and with my Minelab Equinox 900 I’m unearthing those stories from the fields in the North Hertfordshire countryside. From ancient coins to long-lost relics, each discovery opens a small window into the lives and communities of the people who once lived here. Join me on this journey through time in the HHH blog below…
Finds identified IV
They say if you can find work doing something you love, then it’s not like work at all. It’s fairy obvious that my passion is metal detecting, so when the hobby filters into my day job as a graphic designer, it feels like a real blessing. I have written a similar blog to this…
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Treasure Hunting Aug-2026
This month sees my latest article, ‘Detecting with Shmee150’, appear as a feature in the August edition of Treasure Hunting Magazine. It’s always a brilliant feeling to have my articles published, as writing has become an extension of the hobby I love and keeps me occupied…
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Nighthawking
Nighthawking is not a subject that I really want to be talking about, but the circumstances in which I found this coin need calling out. This beautiful Iron Age coin that I found at the weekend is known as a ‘Hadham Heart Ear type’ silver unit, and it’s attributed…
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Detecting with Shmee150
Wow, where do I begin with this one? Well, I guess it all starts from when I took up metal detecting again nearly six years ago, in September 2020. It was also around this time that I started following Tim’s ‘Shmee150’ channel on YouTube…
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Treasure Hunting Feb-2026
So 2026 has started off well for me with my first article of the year appearing in the February issue of Treasure Hunting Magazine. It’s always great to have an article published in the magazine and hopefully this will be the first of many for this year.
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Volunteering at Detectival
It’s taken me a long time to sit down and finally want to write this blog post. That’s because for many who dabble in the wonderful hobby of metal detecting it can be, and very often is an emotional past time. There are a myriad of reasons for the emotional side of searching…
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WM 09 – Freedom of choice
Last year I had an issue with the Minelab ML 85 headphones which came with my equinox 900. The volume button on the side of the headphones stopped working which made for a lack lustre experience whilst out detecting. They were under warranty…
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The big permission
Back in 2022 I wrote an article for the September edition of Treasure Hunting Magazine titled “Where have all the finds gone?”. At the end of that article I mentioned that my time there had come to an end for that season…
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Finds identified III
Back in May I wrote a blog called ‘detecting, writing & work’ in which I talked about helping Treasure Hunting Magazine with the layout of the May and June issues of the magazine. Having helped out on previous issues…
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