The Searcher - June 2026

What’s new in this issue?

WOW! It really is an extremely beautiful, not to mention rare, exclusive on our cover this month. The high-status Post Medieval pomander is gold filigree with a blue set gem and is the size of a golf ball! Read how events unfolded.

Other exclusives are a stunning gold Medieval ring with the three Magi around the bezel found by Laura Chatten-Stow, a gold hammered coin found by Team Searcher’s Pete Anning on a club dig, PLUS Ninth Region MD has found their FIFTH Roman coin hoard!

Our technical piece this month is Part 2 of ‘Detecting myths that refuse to die’ by Neil Ham & Scott Sibbald and Emma Youell reports on the LEGISE Pilot Search, which has the potential to set a new standard for organised detecting with landscape recording.

And finally, David Villanueva shares how to structure your sites for continuous searching in ‘Planning Your Detecting Year’.