Clubs and member access
Create private clubs with controlled membership. Admins manage who joins and what they see.
Your club. Your finds. Finally in one place.
Events, RSVPs, permissions, posts, and a private finds log with AI identification — built for UK detecting clubs and the detectorists in them. No group chat. No social media. No clipboards.
Built by a detectorist. Private by default.
The Problem
Sound familiar?
If you run a club, or belong to one, you've probably lived every one of these.
Where's this Saturday's dig?
Scrolling back through 200 messages on a Friday night to find the farm gate location, because someone posted it in the group chat at some point.
Who's actually turning up?
Three thumbs-ups, two question marks, and one "maybe if the weather holds". The organiser's still guessing how many sausage rolls to order.
Clipboards. Always clipboards.
Sign your name, tick a box, and hope the paper doesn't end up in a muddy puddle before it makes it back to the secretary.
Half the club missed the message
Posted in the group chat. Shared on the social-media page. Pinned to the noticeboard. Three members still turn up at the wrong field.
A different tool for every job
A messaging app for chat. A spreadsheet for members. Email for notices. A biscuit tin for permissions. Somehow it all has to stay straight.
Who It's For
Built for every kind of detectorist
Whether you run a club, belong to one, want to join one, or go solo — The Detectory™ fits how you detect.
Club Organisers
Run your club without the chaos
Manage events, members, and updates in one place. No more juggling group chats, spreadsheets, and paper sign-in sheets.
Club Members
Stay in the loop without scrolling forever
See upcoming events, RSVP in a tap, and catch every update without digging through group chats.
Looking to Join In
Find clubs and events near you
Discover detecting clubs or browse public events in your area. A simple way to get involved and meet other detectorists.
Solo Detectorists
Your finds, your log, your rules
A private finds diary — photos, notes, locations — backed up and yours alone. Share what you choose, when you choose.
Benefits
What changes when your club moves in
Beyond the feature list — here's what actually shifts when The Detectory™ replaces the patchwork.
Private, and staying that way
Your club isn't searchable, crawlable, or visible from outside. No strangers scrolling past your best hammered.
Fewer missed dig days
The farm gate, the time, and who's turning up — all in one place. RSVPs included, so the organiser knows the numbers.
A quieter group chat
Club business lands where it should. The group chat can go back to being the group chat.
A second opinion in your pocket
Photograph a find and get a likely period, type, and similar finds — a starting point for research, not a valuation. (Pro)
A front door for newcomers
People can find your club and your open events without needing a social-media account or knowing someone already in it.
A log that stays yours
Photos, notes, locations — private to you by default, shareable only when you choose. On a new phone or an old one, it's still there.
How It Works
Up and running in minutes
No complicated setup. No training sessions. Just download and start using it however suits you.
01
Download the app
Available on the App Store and Google Play. Free to download and get started in minutes.
02
Set up your profile
Create your account and you're ready to go — join a club, browse events, or start logging finds straight away.
03
Join or create a club
Accept an invite, discover clubs near you, or set up your own. Solo detectorists can skip this entirely.
04
Invite your members
Send them the link. Once they're in, events, RSVPs, and posts flow through one place — no more group-chat relay races.
Features
All the features you need, that the others don't have.
Group chats and social-media pages each do part of the job. The Detectory™ does the whole thing — events, RSVPs, permissions, finds logs, and the bits between.
Events and RSVP tracking
Create events with all the details. Members RSVP directly so you always know the numbers.
News, posts, and updates
Share finds, post announcements, and keep members up to date with a clean, scrollable feed.
Notifications that matter
Members get notified about new events, posts, and important club activity. Nothing missed.
Private finds logging
Record your finds with photos, notes, and locations. Your personal log — private by default, shareable if you choose.
Discover clubs and events
Browse detecting clubs and public events near you. A straightforward way to get involved or try something new.
AI find identification (Pro)
Photograph a find and get a likely identification — period, type, similar finds, and where to read more. A starting point for research, not a valuation.
Why The Detectory™
Made by a detectorist, for detectorists.
I built The Detectory™ because I kept losing Saturdays to my club's group chat. It does one thing: it helps detectorists and their clubs stay organised, without getting in the way of the actual detecting.
Built by a detectorist, who happens to be a developer
I detect. I've sat in club meets where half the membership didn't know the rally had moved. Every feature in The Detectory™ exists because I wanted it to exist for my own club first.
Private by default, always
Your club, your finds, your data, and nobody else's business. No adverts. No algorithms. No strangers scrolling past your best hammered.
Works in a club, or on your own
Running a club? The admin is sorted. In a club? A cleaner feed and fewer missed messages. Out on your own? A private finds diary, backed up and there whenever you open the app — new phone, old phone, or a coffee shop in France.
Fast, even in a field
Built for how you actually use a phone — on the sofa, at the pub, or standing on a headland with one bar of signal. Quick to open, quick to do what you need, quick to put away.
For the bits between the digs
The part of detecting that isn't detecting — the RSVPs, the permissions, the write-ups — is the part that eats the most time. The Detectory™ gives that time back.
A head start on the research
AI find identification gives you a fast first read on what you've dug up — period, type, similar finds — so the evening write-up starts from a clue, not a blank page. Pro plan only.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade only if you outgrow it.
Most clubs never need to — Pro's just there when you do.
Pro pays for the bits that cost real money to run — videos, bigger clubs, more photos. Everything else stays free, forever.
Free
Everything a small club needs to run dig days.
£0
forever
- Join 1 club
- Run 1 club with up to 5 members
- 1 photo per post or find
- Unlimited posts, finds, comments, likes
- Create and RSVP to events
- Permission slips and event maps with field colour coding
- Push notifications and event reminders
- Member directory and dig points
Pro
For when your club outgrows the free plan.
£7.99
per month
£64.99
per year
- Everything in Free, plus
- AI find identification — period, type, and similar finds
- Join unlimited clubs
- Grow your club without limits — no member cap
- Up to 5 photos per post or find
- Upload videos up to 3 minutes
- Pro badge on your profile
- Cancel anytime — 5-day grace period if you downgrade
- Cancel anytime in your app store.
- Subscriptions managed through Apple App Store or Google Play.
- If you cancel Pro and your club is over the 5-member cap, members keep their access for 5 days, then the club becomes read-only until you upgrade or remove members.
- Event cover photos are always a single image regardless of plan.
Download Now
The app is live
The Detectory™ is out now on the App Store and Google Play. Download it free, start your club, and get out detecting.