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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3903469, member: 93416&quot;]Personally, I agree with [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] on this.&nbsp; Wrongdoing certainly - but a surprisingly harsh sentence.&nbsp; A quick reading of the 1996 act seems to suggest a maximum jail term of 3 months for non-reporting - so am unclear on the charges laid. Were they theft from the land owner?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW since mention has been made of “Great Britain” in this thread I will try clarify. The complex laws in England and Wales attempt to recognise a whole bunch of interests concerning the landowner, the finder, the Crown and scholarship. And it only apples to very specific sets of metal objects</p><p><br /></p><p>The situation in Scotland is philosophically very different. As I understand it, if you dig up an old boot in Scotland the crown has an exclusive right to claim it - against all comers. On the positive side, the crown will stump up the market value in Scotland too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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