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Delegates representing thousands of metal detecting enthusiasts in 11 member countries have met in historical Norwich Castle, East Anglia, during their Annual General Meeting. The [more]

Members of European Council for Metal Detecting will meet in the historical English city of Norwich (Norfolk area of East Anglia), in the splendid surroundings [more]

New platform for registering metal detecting finds in parts of Belgium – MEDEA – is going from strength to strength. There are already some interesting [more]

Free University of Amsterdam and Dutch Ministry of Cultural Heritage have created a database of portable finds from the Netherlands. Database called PAN – Portable [more]

The hunt, organised by Robert Bytner, detectorist, history lover and our colleague from Swedish metal detecting club SMF – Sveriges Metallsökarförening, took place in Rzucewo [more]

It was the first time that Belgian metal detectorists and archaeologists met during an official event, which aimed to present finds and positive impact of [more]

In recent months, the ECMD has been working vigorously to promote the hobby of responsible metal detecting. This update will summarise the recent activities of [more]

The 11th of February marked the official launch of the “MEDEA” platform. Previously, this project was in a testing phase and only a select number [more]

ECMD believes strongly that responsible metal detecting should be treated fairly in all European countries. As promised earlier, we’ve also started lobbying at the European [more]

Denmark, England, Flanders and the Netherlands are among the most progressive areas of Europe in terms of mechanisms to record archaeological finds found by members [more]