History Series / Detectorists

** In a case of Disappeared Granddad, Peter asks DMDC to help him find a WWII plane that crashed and killed his grandfather. [[spoiler: Then it's revealed that nobody died in the crash, meaning that Peter's grandfather never returned home after the war ended.]]

* LivingProp: Varde, who's always at DMDC meetings but doesn't seem to contribute anything. The one time she goes get to say something, Terry shuts her up again.

* LivingProp: Varde, who's always at DMDC meetings but doesn't seem to contribute anything. The one time she goes get to say something, Terry shuts her up again.

* MacGuffin: The Saxon burial hoard.
* LivingProp: Varde, who's always at DMDC meetings but doesn't seem to contribute anything.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The opening scene of series 2 is a flashback to a stormy night, and shows a monk burying his treasure deep into the ground. When the camera pans up from the ground again, the show returns to its usual modern day setting.

* GeodesicCast: The whole DMDC seems to be made up of duos: Lance and Andy, Russel and Hugh, Terry and Sheila, and Louise and Varde. Sophie initially disrupts the set-up by forming a PowerTrio with Lance and Andy, but in series 2 she's paired off with Peter. Even the rival club is represented by "Simon and Garfunkel".

* SitcomArchNemesis: Danebury Metal Detecting Club vs The Antiquisearchers.

* ThoseTwoGuys: 'Simon and Garfunkle' alias Paul and [[spoiler: Phil]].

* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Longtime friends Lance and Andy, with "stranger" Sophie.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: PlayedForLaughs with the action movie style BBC trailer for series two.

2014 British sitcom about metal detecting enthusiasts, written by, directed by, and starring Mackenzie Crook.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Old Man Bishop and Sheila.

* TeacherStudentRomance: averted, but played with. There's no romance between Andy and Sophie, despite what other characters may think.

'''Lance''': What part of "I won the lottery" do you not understand?

-->'''Lance''': Listen, I've never admitted this to anyone, but I really won the lottery the day Maggie left me.
-->'''Sophie''': Right. You mean what, you didn't realise at the time but actually it was the best thing that could have happened?
-->'''Lance''': Pardon?
-->'''Sophie''': You mean that it was a good thing?
-->'''Lance''': What was?
-->'''Sophie''': Maggie leaving you.
-->'''Lance''': Eh?
-->'''Sophie''': What did you mean then, "I won the lottery"?
-->'''Lance''': I won the lottery the day Maggie left me.
-->'''Sophie''': Sorry, what do you mean?
-->'''Lance''': What part of "I won the lottery" do you not understand?

-->'''Sophie''': You won the lottery?
-->'''Lance''': Yes.
-->'''Sophie''': The ''national'' lottery?
-->'''Lance''': Yes.
-->'''Sophie''': How much?
-->'''Lance''': Three hundred grand.

* ThemeTuneCameo: When Lance and Andy play at an open mic night, the act on before them is "Johnny Piper", alias real-life folk singer Johnny Flynn, performing the show's theme song.

* TeacherStudentRomance: averted, but played with. There's no romance between Andy and Sophie, despite what other characters may think.

* ForbiddenZone: Mr Bishop warns the detectorists not to go digging up the lower paddock. Terry disregards this advice and gets blown up by a WW2 bomb for his trouble. He survives, though.
* InsistentTerminology: the devices are metal detectors, the people who use them are detectorists... and ''will'' correct you if you get that wong.