Detecting History Podcast

Welcome to Detectorists on Detectorists the weekly mini-series where REAL detectorists review each of the 20 episodes of the hit BBC Comedy written and starred in by Mackenzie Crook. Join hosts Katie MacDoyle and Karl The Mental Detector each Friday as they are joined by a VIP guest and relive each episode scene by scene. Hear their reactions to characters, storylines and most importantly the meta...

Hello everyone, welcome to this week's midweek extra's! This week we hear all about Sophie AKA Girl that Digs perfect detecting day, if you didn't catch Sophie's main episode go back to the episode on the 22nd of October to hear more. Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlthatdigs/ We then hit the letter E on the Detecting History A-Z and we talk about King Edward 1st, Edward the Confe...

Welcome everyone to this weeks main episode with Ross Carpenter AKA Detectorosst. Ross is a newbie to the hobby although has already had success with his first Roman coin! Hear Ross talk about the reality of being a newbie in the hobby, some seriously weird finds and the excitement of trying to gain your first permission! Ross's instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/detectorosst/ Please hel...

The moment has finally arrived! Welcome to Detectorists on Detectorists the weekly mini-series where REAL detectorists review each of the 20 episodes of the hit BBC Comedy written and starred in by Mackenzie Crook. Join hosts Katie MacDoyle and Karl The Mental Detector each Friday as they are joined by a VIP guest and relive each episode scene by scene. Hear their reactions to characters, storylin...

Hello everyone, welcome to this week's midweek extra's, a tiny episode of epic proportions to keep you going until the next main episode. This week we hear all about Buffy Winship Bailey's perfect detecting day, if you didn't catch Buffy's main episode go back to the episode on the 15th of October to hear more. We then hit the letter D on the Detecting History A-Z and we talk about Denarius, Dirt...

I was so lucky to get to chat to a legend in detecting, the wonderful Kevin Whitmore. Such a wonderful gentleman, decades of history and stories, so warm and genuine, an all round fantastic chap! Listen now for some wonderful tales of finds, the weird and the wonderful! Kevin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevin_whitmore_detectorist/ XP ORX International Group on Facebook: https://www.face...

This midweek extra's we have the brilliant Gary AKA Magnet Fishing Menace telling us all about his perfect magnet fishing day. I tell the tale of a teenager finding Gary's Ultimate BucketLister List item, a safe with treasure inside, and we hit the letter C on the A-Z of detecting history with some short facts about the Celts, Copper and King Charles 1st. You can find Gary via his brilliant Instag...

This week we have the brilliant Jake AKA Jake Detects. A wonderful chap full of energy and passion for our wonderful hobby, this week for the first time ever you can check out YouTube for the video footage of the interview! Jake's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakedetects/ Jake's YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@JakeDetects Please help keep the podcast going by giving us a rating on your po...

In today's midweek extras episode we hear all about Karl AKA The Mental Detector's perfect detecting day, I tell you more about the gold noble coin and we are on letter B of the detecting history A-Z. This week I tell you a bit I've found out about Boudica, the Bronze age and Britannia! We are Hummingbird: https://www.wearehummingbird.com/ Circle of Four: https://www.circleoffour.org/ Karl's Insta...

Welcome to this weeks episode with the amazing Ellie AKA Miss Detectorist. Such a wonderful conversation learning about how Ellie made wonderful and brave decisions to embark on a perfect life adventure which includes diving into the metal detecting hobby head first! You can find Ellie on her instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/miss_detectorist You can find Ellie on her new YouTube channel h...

Welcome to this weeks midweek extra's! We will listed to Paddy Detects tell us about his dream detecting day, plus hear more about Crotal Bells. Also this week I start a new section, Detecting History A-Z, kicking off of course with the letter A! Paddy has a fascinating youtube channel where all the fabulous finds are documented so go check out his Paddy Detects channel. You can find Paddy at thes...

This week I’m joined by Emma Youell who loves all things history.  Hear about Emma’s mudlarking and metal detecting adventures as well as a very special item added to the famous Ultimate Bucketlister List, enjoy! Emma’s Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/emloveoldstuff/   Emma’s Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EmmaYouellStudio   Please help keep the podcast going...

For this midweek's extra's episode we are joined by Ronan AKA Detecting North Wales. Ronan tells us all about his perfect detecting day which is swiftly followed by a little bit more information about the item Ronan placed on the Ultimate Bucketlister List which was a King Cnut Viking coin. Enjoy! You can find Ronan's instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/detectingnorthwales/ Become a...

This week the wonderful Sam AKA Samuel Bleeps joined me for a chat where we discussed all things metal detecting. Listen to hear all about Sam’s history in the hobby, his great decision to go down an old footpath not yet explored as well as a chance meeting with Garfield the cat! Sam’s Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/samuel_bleeps/ Please help keep the podcast going by giving us a rat...

On this weeks midweek extra's episode we once again have the wonderful Darren Booth AKA History Unearthed. Darren will be talking us through his perfect detecting day followed by a quick explanation of what the item placed on the Ultimate Bucketlister List by Darren is, a Pilgrim's Ampulla! If you want to listen to Darren's main episode again scroll back to the episode on the 12th of September. En...

For this weeks episode we have the lovely Sophie AKA Girl that digs. Sophie hasn’t been in the hobby too long but already has found some amazing artefacts and coins as well as her detecting community! Join us as Sophie retells the stories behind some of her most treasured finds, hear about her strangest finds and the trouble with robotic garden lawnmowers!  Enjoy! Sophie’s Instagram Account:...

For this weeks extras episode we have our wonderful guest, Digger Dawn, find the main episode with Dawn from the 3rd of September. Dawn tells us about her perfect detecting day, including some top crisp flavour tips. This is swiftly followed in part 2 with me going into more detail on the history of Dawn's item placed on the Ultimate Bucketlister List, a gold and ruby/red garnet Saxon cross! Dawn’...

On this weeks episode I’m joined by the lovely Buffy Winship Bailey. Buffy talks to us about how metal detecting is good for our health and how it is helping her deal with PTSD caused by her experiences working as a NHS nurse during the pandemic. She also shares with us what happened on the day she found her best find, a gold book charm thought to have been on the end of a silk bookmark that possi...

SURPRISE! We are now bringing you TWO episodes a week! For our first extras episode we have our wonderful guest, The Grim Bleeper, telling us about his perfect detecting day, along with some helpful toilet hints from Holly and myself for the females detectorists. This is swiftly followed in part 2 by going into more detail on the history of the first item placed on the bucketlister list by grim, a...

How exciting! Our first Magnet Fisherperson on the podcast! This week we have the brilliant Gary AKA Magnet Fishing Menace telling us all about his love for magnet fishing, his best finds, weirdest finds and favourite history era. Gary is also a beginner in metal detecting so you get two hobbies for the price of one in this episode! You can find Gary via his brilliant Instagram account here: https...

This was such a great interview! Karl AKA the Mental detector tells us all about his metal detecting history, including an inspirational Great Aunty who had a mega find! Karl also talks to us about the very important work he does with a non-profit mental health charity he co-founded called We are Hummingbird as well as a new mental health campaign called Circle of Four, please check out those webs...

Wow, Paddy is such an impressive young person. His passion for history and metal detecting is addictive! In such a short few years Paddy has had some amazing success, listen to hear all about the famous Bronze Age ribbon gold that nearly ended up in the bin! Paddy has a fascinating youtube channel where all the fabulous finds are documented so go check out his Paddy Detects channel. This episode i...

This week we are joined by Ronan AKA Detecting North Wales. Ronan hasn't been in the hobby too long but wowzer! What a load of amazing bucketlister finds he's already found! Tune in to hear all about their discoveries so far as well as some spoon madness and the latest addition to the Ultimate Bucket Lister List. You can find Ronan's instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/detectingnorth...

This week the wonderful Darren Booth of History__Unearthed and part of Team Unearthed UK came to speak to us about all things metal detecting. Listen to hear all about the magical day he discovered the Gobowen Hoard and what it consisted of, we hear about another rather spooky find and Darren shares top tips galore! You're gonna love this one! You can find more of Darren on his socials here: Youtu...

Digger Dawn is one of the loveliest and most high profile UK metal detectorists out there, today Dawn joins us on this episode to talk us through some of her personal history with the hobby. This interview proves just how life changing metal detecting can be as well as some fun content to delve into including the curse of the Charles 1st Hammered Dawn found and all the mayhem that occurred afterwa...