What's the best metal detecting app?
FieldFinders: The Detecting App You Don't Want to Be Without
Imagine having an app that helps you find new detecting permissions, research historic landscapes, analyse LiDAR, identify your finds and keep track of every field you've searched. And imagine having artificial intelligence working alongside you, finding clues in the landscape that you might otherwise have missed.
Well, you don't have to imagine it. Introducing FieldFinders!
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Originally developed as a marketplace connecting detectorists with landowners offering paid detecting permissions, FieldFinders has evolved into something far more ambitious. It's now a comprehensive metal detecting toolkit, bringing together historical research, AI-powered analysis, finds identification, detecting records and permission management, all in one application.
Here at UK Detectorist, we've been exploring the Pro features, and we're genuinely excited about what we've discovered. Some of the technology is remarkable, particularly the AI research tools, which we've already put to the test with some rather spectacular results!
You can explore FieldFinders for yourself, browse available detecting permissions for free and discover the specialist tools available through its subscription plans.
So much more than a detecting app
FieldFinders brings together an extraordinary collection of tools. There's Atlas, with historical Ordnance Survey maps, LiDAR, satellite imagery and archaeological records. AI can analyse landscapes and suggest promising places to investigate, while GPS tracking lets you record your detecting sessions and catalogue your finds.
Then there's the personal toolkit, with AI finds identification, valuations, detector settings, permission agreements and even guidance on the Treasure Act. Clubs can organise digs and manage bookings, while landowners have their own facilities for offering detecting access and earning money from their fields.
And, of course, there's the original marketplace, where detectorists can find and book somewhere new to go detecting without spending weeks knocking on farmhouse doors.
It's an impressive proposition, and there's far too much here to do justice to in a single article.
That's why we've created this FieldFinders series, exploring the features in detail, putting the technology to work and discovering just how much it could improve our detecting.
Explore our FieldFinders article series
Whether you're hunting for new permissions, researching a promising field, looking after your finds or organising a club dig, we've got something for you. Choose a question below and discover what FieldFinders has to offer.
Where can I go metal detecting?
Discover how FieldFinders connects detectorists with landowners, letting you explore available fields, check prices and book your next day's detecting.
Can AI improve your metal detecting?
We put FieldFinders to the test on a field we'd been detecting for four years, with little success. Following its AI recommendations led us to a remarkable Roman discovery on the very first hole, and that was just the beginning!
FieldFinders: The Airbnb for Metal Detecting
Meet Sebastien, the detectorist behind FieldFinders. Discover how his frustration at finding permissions inspired him to create a marketplace for the metal detecting community.
How do I research land before metal detecting?
Take a closer look at Atlas, FieldFinders' powerful research environment. Historical maps, LiDAR, archaeological records, 3D landscapes and AI analysis combine to reveal fascinating clues about the land beneath our feet.
Coming soon [Article 005 — How do I research land before metal detecting?]
Can an app help me document my metal detecting hobby?
From recording your routes and cataloguing finds to AI identification, managing permissions, search agreements and detector settings, discover how FieldFinders can bring your detecting records together.
Coming soon [Article 006 — Can one app help me manage my my metal detecting?]
What apps help metal detecting clubs organise rallies?
Discover how club organisers can use FieldFinders to arrange detecting events, manage bookings, issue QR-coded tickets and keep everything organised.
Coming soon [Article 007 — What apps help metal detecting clubs organise rallies?]
Can I monetise my land with metal detecting?
Landowners can turn suitable fields into an additional source of income. Explore how FieldFinders lets them advertise land, set their own prices, manage availability and approve detecting bookings.
Coming soon [Article 008 — Can I monetise my land with metal detecting?]
What's the best metal detecting app?
We've seen plenty of useful tools developed for metal detecting over the recent years, but FieldFinders is bringing together capabilities that once required several different applications, websites and research resources. There's so much contained within this single offering that we can't help but think FieldFinders really is the best metal detecting app.
And we've already seen what can happen when you put those tools to work in the field. Our recent AI experiment resulted in a complete 1st-century CE Roman fibula, Roman brooch fragments, coins and other discoveries from ground we'd largely written off.
If you're serious about your detecting, take a look at what FieldFinders has to offer. With such a powerful collection of tools at your fingertips, it could become one of the most valuable additions to your detecting kit.
The Detecting App You Don't Want to Be Without? Here at UK Detectorist we reckon it's a serious contender.
FieldFinders Series
Sources and Further Reading
FieldFinders — Official website, marketplace and research tools
