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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4325173, member: 99554"]UK Treasure act (1996) :When you find coins, an inquest led by the coroner then determines whether the find constitutes treasure or not. If it is declared to be treasure then the finder must offer the item for sale to a museum at a price set by an independent board of antiquities experts known as the Treasure Valuation Committee. Only if a museum expresses no interest in the item, or is unable to purchase it, can the finder retain it. A "treasure" is defined as :</p><ul> <li>All coins from the same find, if it consists of two or more coins, and as long as they are at least 300 years old when found. If they contain less than 10% gold or silver there must be at least 10 in the find for it to qualify.</li> <li>Two or more prehistoric base-metal objects in association with one another</li> <li>Any individual (non-coin) find that is at least 300 years old and contains at least 10% gold or silver.</li> <li>Associated finds: any object of any material found in the same place as (or which had previously been together with) another object which is deemed treasure.</li> <li>Objects substantially made from gold or silver but are less than 300 years old, that have been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery and whose owners or heirs are unknown.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4325173, member: 99554"]UK Treasure act (1996) :When you find coins, an inquest led by the coroner then determines whether the find constitutes treasure or not. If it is declared to be treasure then the finder must offer the item for sale to a museum at a price set by an independent board of antiquities experts known as the Treasure Valuation Committee. Only if a museum expresses no interest in the item, or is unable to purchase it, can the finder retain it. A "treasure" is defined as : [LIST] [*]All coins from the same find, if it consists of two or more coins, and as long as they are at least 300 years old when found. If they contain less than 10% gold or silver there must be at least 10 in the find for it to qualify. [*]Two or more prehistoric base-metal objects in association with one another [*]Any individual (non-coin) find that is at least 300 years old and contains at least 10% gold or silver. [*]Associated finds: any object of any material found in the same place as (or which had previously been together with) another object which is deemed treasure. [*]Objects substantially made from gold or silver but are less than 300 years old, that have been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery and whose owners or heirs are unknown. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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