‘Every person has their luck’: Morocco’s beach metal detectorists
Al Jazeera · 7 Nov 2026

‘Every person has their luck’: Morocco’s beach metal detectorists

For many, the search is driven less by profit than by the thrill of an unexpected discovery. Agadir, Morocco – Mustapha Harmouch moves slowly across the sand at Agadir’s Corniche, sweeping his metal detector in low, even arcs. He tunes out the surfers paddling beyond the shore, the children shrieking in the waves and the chatter of families, all his attention is on one sound: the beep that means the coil has passed over something buried beneath the sand.


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