detectorist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

detector +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

detectorist (plural detectorists)

  1. A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
    Synonym: metal detectorist
    • 2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.

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