Metal Detecting In Scotland

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Welcome to Scotland’s longest established metal detecting company.  What we offer is 30 years experience at all levels Club, Corporate, National and International.  We sell new and used metal detectors and accessories from top manufacturers like Minelab  XP Nokta Garrett and Evolution Scoops at our Detecting shop in Linlithgow Bridge behind Screwfix.

 We don’t just sell metal detectors we run weekly one day digs Sundays and Wednesdays and have done for nearly 20 years.  We also offer metal detecting tours and have had many very happy guests.  Toddy Irvine offers training on metal detecting and detectors on land and underwater as he is a  Padi , BSAC, SDI, TDI Instructor   at his Scuba Diving Centre  Scuba Ts.  

So no matter what you need for your journey in metal detecting you have came to the right place.

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About Us

Welcome to Metal Detecting Scotland,  We specialise in Garrett, XP and Nokta detectors we also catrr for metal detecting holidays in Scotland , Events and so training you are in the right place if you are looking for Metal Detecting in Scotland. Our founder Colin ” Toddy” Irvine is Scotland’s most experienced metal detectorist who has been involved on a National, Business and Community level for around 30 years.  Toddy was instrumental in the shape of the Scottish detecting events and online scene when he built Scotland’s first ever online community back in 2000 long before Facebook and Twitter was on the go.   Toddy is also a regular writer and field tester for the Treasure Hunting magazine.

Toddy has an insatiable passion for metal detecting and is now a pioneer in underwater metal detecting in Scotland.  Being a Padi Master Scuba Diver Trainer he now offers Scuba diving tours & tuition,  we also offer Under Water Metal Detecting certification courses to take your hobby underwater and discover a whole NEW world of underwater exploration around Scotland’s ancient coast, loch’s & rivers.

As you can see from above you are in very experienced hands and we offer that experience to you via metal detecting tuition, rental, events, holidays and used detector sales.

Training Courses

If you are thinking of starting this hobby or you are thinking of upgrading your detector then we can offer one to one training or in a group with Toddy Irvine.  Toddy has been using the top end detectors and everything in between for 30 years including Pulse Induction detectors like the Minelab GPX 5000.  I have taught hundreds of people to detect over the years.  Please feel free to browse my courses below.

Discover Metal Detecting Course

Toddy is the first in the UK to devise these types of learning courses.  It is designed to give newcomers to the hobby of metal detecting a great start and serious chance of success.  You will  be shown some of the secrets of research that has took years to master and that are proven to succeed.  Be assured I am a  professional who does this for a living.  This is a MUST if you are serious about the hobby and will save you years of gleaning MIS Information from social media sites.  Click here to find out more

Beach Training

I spent years on beaches and never understood how I was not successful and never found any rings.  Since then I have detected beaches all over the world and lived in Spain for a year so I now have lots more gold rings to my name.  Click here to find out more

 

Holidays

I have been running events for many years and since around 2003 I have been asked on many many occasions if I would consider metal detecting holidays for people visiting Scotland.  I was very capable of doing this but with a family to support I needed guaranteed work so I always put it off.  Since then my kids have grew up and left home. 

I have built a platform for detectorists to now go digging on a weekly basis with no research, where as 17 years ago you needed to be a member of a club who only went digging on a monthly basis to the same land over and over.  On our events we have had some of the biggest names at it including Minelab, Whites, XP, Teknetics & Fisher and our reputation for holding good quality events is well known.

I now run my own company and feel I have the time, experience and commitment to offer good personally led metal detecting holidays in Scotland.  My daughter is a graduate in Travel & Tourism and will be in charge of the hotel side of things to leave me free to organise some good quality land for our guests.  Toddy Irvine is well known all over the world for his passion for metal detecting and will guarantee you have good days detecting on land going back to Neolithic right through to Victorian.  I can also arrange:-

  • Beach hunts on beaches that produce finds going back to 1600s. 
  • River Hunts In ancient areas
  • Scuba Detecting or Diving.

So if you are looking for a good detecting holiday with scenery to die for and accompanied with a detectorist who shaped the Scottish metal detecting scene as it is today then please feel free to contact us.  Please keep in mind that April to August is the growing season and land is under crop so most of our Holiday dates will be from Sept to March.

For accommodation & Prices please click HERE

 

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