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You could help others to help you if you flesh it out a bit more.
Roughly where in the southwest are you e.g. 'in the vicinity of Bristol and environs'? Or is distance no object to you?
What is it you are hoping to achieve with this buddy?
Do you have your own permissions that allow you to invite another detectorist to join you, or do you not have any permissions and are you hoping to use someone else's? Bear in mind that some landowners do not allow their 'approved' detectorist to bring others onto the land - the permission I currently have does not allow others to tag along.
Etc
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