Treasure Hunting Magazine September 2025

The UK's favourite metal detecting magazine - proudly family-run since 1977.

September 2025 issue out now

If you love metal detecting, you’ll love Treasure Hunting Magazine. Each month, we bring you a brilliant mix of real-life stories, expert tips, amazing finds, and all the inspiration you need to get out and enjoy the hobby. Written by detectorists, for detectorists, it’s packed with useful info to help you read the land, improve your finds, and figure out what you’ve dug up. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been detecting for years, there’s something for everyone.

And for less than the cost of a pint, you’ll get hours of reading to spark your curiosity and fuel your next adventure.

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September 2025 CONTENTS

News & Views

News & Views – This month’s selection of news includes detecting under the floorboards of a 16th Century pub in Weymouth, a stunning gold Tudor ring found on the Wirral and the mysterious case of five life-size bronze Roman fingers found in Kent.

The Wonderful Jersey Celtic Hoard

Remember the unbelievable hoard of over 60,000 Celtic coins found in Jersey in 2012? Reg Mead give us an update on the largest hoard of Celtic coins and jewellery ever discovered.

Throwing Punches

Ella Mackenzie looks at the history of a rare gold Viking ring found in Hertfordshire.

Fake or Fortune

Gold ingots, Chinese vases and Roman coins all turning up on the same stretch of Devon beach – Peter McCauley tries to get to the bottom of these highly unusual finds.

Discovery vs Honing Sweep

If you aren’t already using these two techniques, Gary Blackwell’s article explains what they are and why you should be!

Secrets of the Thames

Jason Sandy presents some of the amazing finds from the Thames foreshore that are currently on display in a special exhibition at the London Museum Docklands.

Portable Antiquites Scheme Update

Michael Lewis gives an insight into what has been going on behind the scenes at PAS this month, and showcases his find of the month – a beautiful, enamelled Iron Age / Roman linchpin.

The Yorkshire Detectorist

In this month’s column, Nick Toczek extolls the benefits of the long-term relationships detectorists develop with their permissions.

Reader Finds

A glorious pictorial summary of some of our readers’ recent finds.

The Long Wait

Jeremy Weightman’s love of history goes right back to his childhood, but it’s only recently that he and his wife Penny have taken up metal detecting.

Heavy Metal

Hopenscope examines the various artefacts made of lead he has unearthed – some fascinating, others less so!

Auction Round-Up

A selection of lots sold at TimeLine Auctions’ recent sale.

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SHARING YOUR SUCCESS

Reader Finds through all your efforts has now become a very strong and established element of the contents of Treasure Hunting magazine. First initiated some five years ago they have since expanded from one page to four.

Apart from the delight of seeing your find published this section also benefits other readers whose identical and similar complete and ‘partefact’ finds have often been identified as a result. As we all know this hobby isn’t all about gold and silver (despite our desires), although of course both are welcome in this section and so almost any detecting find is qualified to appear here. Your first Viccy penny, broken hammered, fibula section, Roman coin, even an interesting shot gun cartridge tip, all are welcome and are indeed make a good reflection of our hobby as a whole.

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