Changes to Treasure Trove Scotland
Dave Crisp – NCMD Communications Officer, recently interviewed Emily Freeman – Treasure Trove Manager about the changes and improvements to Treasure Trove Scotland. Watch the interview to see what this will mean for anyone metal detecting in Scotland.
October Finds Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of October’s Find Competition. Yet another stressful month for the judges, trying to pick a winner from all the amazing entries. Our Judges meeting video is available to watch below. The judges are now busy picking this year’s overall winner with a prize pot of £500 for each category. The November […]
Treasure Trove Scotland – Annual Report
The Annual Report 2024/25 on the work of the Treasure Trove Unit (TTU) and the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel (SAFAP) has recently been published. Extract taken from forward by the Chair of SAFAP: Overall, 2024/25 was a demanding but very positive year for the work of SAFAP and the TTU. The benefits of the […]
September Finds Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of last month’s Finds competition. What a fabulous collection of entries, these have had the judges struggling to pick a winner. Winners below along with a selection of finds the judges thought worthy of a mention.You still have until midnight on 31st October to enter the October competition and a chance […]
August Finds Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the August Finds competition. Yet again our members are impressing the judges with some fabulous entries. 😀👍 See winners below and a selection of finds the judges thought worthy of a mention.You still have until midnight tonight to enter September’s competition and a chance to win £100+plaque for best coin […]
July Finds Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the July Finds Competition. Yet another month of fabulous coins and artefacts being entered. Winning finds below along with a selection of entries the judges thought worthy of a mention. If you didn’t win last month, there’s still time to get an entry in for the August competition which ends […]
NCMD Hoard Fund Activated.
There have been two events recently that have uncovered some fabulous finds. This led to NCMD Hoard Fund being used to help local archaeologists recover the items. Ninth Region Event The first was the Ninth Region event, where someone uncovered a pot of roman coins. Our hoard hotline was called and we passed the details […]
June Finds Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the June Finds competition. The judges are finding it more difficult to choose a winner, due to the high calibre of entries. Winning finds shown below along with a selection of other entries received. If you didn’t win last month, there’s still time to get an entry in for the […]
APPAG Inquiry on Archaeology and Metal-detecting
A recent inquiry into metal detecting, held at the House of Lords was done over two days and heard from a number of speakers. The NCMD was there to represent our members and the metal detecting community at large. The videos from inquiry are now available, you can view them below. If you have any […]
Clubs and Online Groups
Every week there are many digs and events being organised across the UK. Some are through Metal Detecting Clubs and some through Online Detecting Groups.* Introduction:Social media has facilitated the huge growth of online detecting groups, helping to fill the gap for those detectorists unable to join a traditional club or gain their own permissions. […]
