detectorist

English

Etymology

From detector +‎ -ist.

Noun

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, →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.

Related terms

• metal detecting