Metal Detectors

Search for buried treasure, metal detectors send out a beam, when it hits a metal object the signal bounces back and makes the detector beep. They can be used to find treasure along the beaches, beachcombers find lots of treasure along British beaches. The operation of metal detectors is based upon the principles of electromagnetic induction.

Good quality metal detectors, should be able to distinguish between rusty metal, copper, silver and other metals. Remember if your on someone's land, you need to ask permission. The only legal protection currently afforded coins and other archaeological objects found in England and Wales is the common law of Treasure Trove whose origins go back to the early medieval period. This law survives today in its purest form in Scotland, where all ownerless objects are still Crown property under the principle of bona vacantia. In England the law of Treasure Trove has developed in a much narrower way.

If you find an object of gold and silver it should be reported it to the coroner who will decide whether to hold a Treasure inquest. The coroner will take advice, often from the British Museum. If it is declared Treasure Trove then the find is the property of the Crown, in practice this means that a museum has a right to acquire it, but the finder is rewarded.  

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