Welcome everyone to Wishful Detecting! This is my first of many blog posts to come as I love this hobby so much I have to dedicate a blog to help share all my finds, my adventures, my tips, my whole entire world on this amazing hobby that just keeps getting better, the more I spend my life on the fields of Wales and England and the beaches, in mainly Wales.
Wishful Detecting Is a Way Of Life For Me
Not every find is amazing but the thrill of each dig is better than any drug. When you do find something amazing, it feels like a lottery win every time.
Metal Detecting for me is like any learned skill and it’s forever changing and improving and moreover, it’s most certainly been life changing in so many ways i think I owe my life to it.
Out of all the things I have tried to help me deal with having very bad anxiety, metal detecting has helped me cope with many of my mental health struggles.
Wishful Detecting Will Improve Your Metal Detecting Skills And Performance Every Time
If you stick around long enough, you will fast learn all the best metal detecting tips and tricks that will definitely help improve your game in this great hobby.
Not only will I share all I know, but you will get full access to all the latest news, digs, national events, updates on everything to do with metal detecting especially when you sign up to our monthly “Go Digging newsletter).
Plus, With Wishful Detecting, you will get use our free permission letter builder which you can fill out and download or print off your own copy.
Wishful Detecting IS Your Answer to Everything Metal Detecting In 2025 and 2026
I will be sharing all my latest finds to show you the history I have proudly unearthed, and it will be my pleasure to share my books and ebooks with you which I have written myself that can provide you all with the best metal detecting tips for beginners.
When this blog is massive one day, I may introduce a helpful forum where you can all sign up and become members to help one another and share your finds with the world. Forums usually rock! I will keep this in mind.
Metal Detecting Rocks! Anyone can do it…
With this blog I hope to break down barriers and stereotypes and help get everyone involved in this great hobby. I may end up breaking some marriages and cause so many divorces but you will still thank me in the end when you find your own happiness.
Wishful Detecting will become the hub of everything to do with detecting in Wales and beyond and as long as I have breath in me, it will be my honour to help you learn this amazing, improve your game and knowledge and lastly, provide a glimpse into unearthing the best and worst of history.
All the product reviews we plan to do, we will buy and test the metal detecting related product and give it our honest opinions on it. So look out for this!
Finally…Wishful Detecting Will Change Your Life
One thing I promise you is that this wishful detecting blog will change your life for the better and one day you will end up buying me a pint. 🍺
So with that said, I’m off to clean my detector to get ready for the next dig.
Happy Hunting Folks!
Darren Protheroe (Creator)
Now let’s start this blog off by providing you with the best article for anyone wishing to try their hands at this hobby by checking out the below amazing guide.
Darren Protheroe is the owner and creator of Wishful Detecting and aims to help share everything useful in the world of metal detecting and share all the best tips for beginners and share his mad adventures while on the road. Happy digging with me!