The Hayling Detect Club
Hayling Detect is a metal detecting club based on Hayling Island, Hampshire which is along the South Coast of England. The club was founded in April 2022 by Wayne Trumper who had the idea of starting the club after talking to some local detectorists and soon realised a club was needed in the area.
Hayling Detect now successfully runs regular digs in and around Hampshire, with our membership steadily growing. We also hold occasional open digs.
Hayling Detect are looking for land in and around Hampshire & West Sussex for a small number of detectorists to carry out and investigate the land to build up a history portfolio of through the ages.
We follow a strict code of conduct laid down by the NCMD and the portable antiquities scheme (pas).
If you have fields, pastures or cultivated land we would love the opportunity to spend a little time detecting. We offer a payment to the land owners and we are fully insured. If you are interested please contact us.
Become a Detectorist!
Use the information and links on this site to get to know this amazing hobby and learn as much as you can before you get started. There are many rules and legalities when it comes to detecting and there can be severe consequences so please be careful.
Working along side Gary Blackwell, one of metal detecting’s leading experts and a popular YouTube personality. Visit the Skill School website, where they have been testing metal detectors and tech for over 30 years.