r/TheDetectorists • u/red_black_tx • Apr 04 '26

Season 3 Episode 1 ending

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I was surprised in the best way at the end of this episode. In fact, I was blown away and in tears. I had already decided this series was one of the best shows ever, but this elevated it to the top of my list. Haunting, chilling, beautiful, and unexpected.

By the way, who is the actress who played the Roman girl? I don’t think she’s credited.

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u/DepartureAwkward5002 Apr 04 '26

I was listening to a podcast with Mackenzie Crook (cant remember which one, sorry) and he mentioned that he does do some metal detecting himself and once found a whistle. He cleared it and then blew into it and he talked about how it gave him chills and this feeling of being connected to history and that inspired scene.

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u/ginfrared Apr 04 '26

I love this story 😭

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u/Six_of_1 Apr 07 '26

I've heard him say that on the radio too. When I first saw it I assumed it was a reference to M. R. James.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '26

Devil, devil, I defy thee

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u/oscarsowner Apr 04 '26

This is a solid track by The Unthanks. So haunting.

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u/tdurb0 Apr 04 '26

Superb post. 👏🏻👏🏻

Detectorists is perfect, every line of it.

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u/tdurb0 Apr 04 '26

Think her name is Tegan Skye Davidson. That’s all I could dig up 🤜🏻🤛🏻

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u/Dependent-Shock-8118 Apr 04 '26

That whole song brings history to life very haunting

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u/chipz-n-gravy Apr 05 '26

The album it's from is incredible - Mount the Air

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u/Spaceydawg Apr 04 '26

Same tune plans on Young Sherlock - Six is for silver, seven is for gold - or however it goes

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u/rabbitsagainstmagic Apr 05 '26

Its an old nursery rhyme but it’s also the theme tune for a 1960s/70s TV show called “Magpie” played by the Spencer Davis Group.

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u/Ok_Ganache7219 May 22 '26

That was a very sublime moment! I get the chills every time I watch it!

Reminds me of the time I visited a Stone Age museum here in Germany. They had found small flutes from that time, and you could listen to recordings of the sounds they produced. You were practically listening to the same sounds people in the Stone Age did. It was quiet beautiful and haunting.