Coroner declares bracelet found in Whitehaven as treasure

[garryson]

[FONT=&quot]A Bronze Age bracelet found near Whitehaven has been ruled as treasure by the coroner.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Metal detectorist Billy Vaughan, 54, made the discovery of a lifetime in a field on July 3.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]He had only taken up the hobby eight months prior, so was stunned to come across the 22-carat gold band.



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[BillA]

8 mos into detecting and finds this, wow
hey guys, its not the detector -> move to the UK

 

[MetalArchSC]

Makes me want to update my passport.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer find...

 

[Sheldon J]

8 mos into detecting and finds this, wow
hey guys, its not the detector -> move to the UK

why so when you do finally make the find of a lifetime anyone in the UK can declare it "treasure trove" and take it away?
In my book a trove is a grouping of items not just a single item....

 

[BillA]

it is a legal definition,
and as little as you might think about the UK laws compare them to most countries where such is the National Patrimony - and you get nothing at all

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

why so when you do finally make the find of a lifetime anyone in the UK can declare it "treasure trove" and take it away?
In my book a trove is a grouping of items not just a single item....

It is their land, their law and they are compensated for finds declared treasure trove. There are many countries where it is totally illegal and customs will even confiscate your detector..

 

[BillA]

. . . . . and customs will even confiscate your detector..

anyone taken a detector to Greece lately ?
I did but it was extremely difficult 25 years ago, and it remained hidden

 

[tinpan]

anyone taken a detector to Greece lately ?
I did but it was extremely difficult 25 years ago, and it remained hidden

Hi ,Always thought Nana Mouskouri records was Greek Treasure TP

 

[A2coins]

Wow bet he got nothing

 

[A2coins]

Nice bracelet though

 

[gunsil]

Wow bet he got nothing

Don't know what you mean Tommy. In England when they declare your find as trove it is appraised by experts and you are paid fair market value for the item. The guy who found the last big hoard got millions which was split with the landowner. The items bought by the crown as trove are then assigned to museums for all to see. If fair market value on that bracelet is $30,000 which it may well be the finder gets that money and I think it is tax free.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

and those are called dictatorships, where eating, breathing all things are regulated and belong to the government including your crops... were the concept of private ownership is as foreign of a concept as freedom... and are in serious need of a revolution,,,

Last I check United Kingdom isnt a dictatorship.

 

[BillA]

Last I check United Kingdom isnt a dictatorship.

but it is far away

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Post deleted. NO POLITICS.

 

[Sheldon J]

Post deleted. NO POLITICS.

if the truth hurts...
and read what some of the finder actually receive WRT the actual value of the find.... sometime fair and sometimes not so...

 

[wilcam47]

sometimes its best to keep quiet...just saying.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

if the truth hurts...
and read what some of the finder actually receive WRT the actual value of the find.... sometime fair and sometimes not so...

As long as politics are left out of replies. Politics are not allowed except in politics forum.