Solid solutions of iron in copper and nickel have been studied with the integral perturbed directional correlation technique. The Fe:Cu samples with an iron concentration larger than 3% show a significant perturbation. The effect of cold work on the perturbation is also investigated. For the Fe:Ni alloys the hyperfine field acting on the 59Co nucleus is found to be negative and to have its smallest magnitude for an iron concentration of ≈ 70%.