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.