Metal Detecting Resources

Here is a list of some useful metal detecting websites.

Metal Detecting Websites

National Council for Metal Detecting (NCMD)

Information about the NCMD

ncmd.co.uk

NCMD

Crown Estate Map

The Crown Estate allows metal detecting on foreshores and estuarys so long as terms and conditions are met.

Crown Estate Foreshore and Estuary Map

Crown Estate Foreshore and Estuary Map

AddLand.com

The research section of AddLand lets you see the boundaries of land ownership and in some cases the name (such as the farm name). Free functionality is limited but useful.

AddLand.com/Research

AddLand

VisionOfBritain.org.uk

Contains old maps of parts of britain.

VisionOfBritain.org.uk

Vision Of Britain

Finds.org.uk

Home of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, containing a database of reported finds and their locations shown on maps.

Finds.org.uk

Portable Antiquities Scheme

Archaeology Database: Roman Settlements and Finds

A map of rural settlements and finds, filterable down by category such a coins.

archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/romangl/map.html

Archaeology database