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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;skippy, post: 695941, member: 5296&quot;]The problem with finding stuff like this in England is that it becomes property of the Crown, due to fact they (the treasure hunters)&nbsp; have a legal obligation to report such items under the Treasure Act 1996.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove#United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove#United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove#United_Kingdom</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I recall correctly the treasure hunters are typically payed a percentage of the worth of the found items that fall under the Treasure Act 1996. The items that do fall under the Treasure Act go to the British Museum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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