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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3449118, member: 10461&quot;]This is not entirely accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finds have to be reported and inspected by a Finds Liason Officer.&nbsp; Anything that is not declared treasure trove (and most coins aren&#039;t, unless they&#039;re in a hoard), the finder gets to keep.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/highlights-of-my-2013-metal-detecting-week-in-england.287138/">My finds</a> from the 2013 trip underwent that procedure and had to get an export license before they were shipped to me, long after I had returned home to the States.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an equitable system that rewards finders and landowners for doing the right thing, and results in less poaching and &quot;nighthawking&quot; than there would be if the government just seized everything, as is the case in many countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>This way most of the more historically important stuff gets documented rather than looted, and finders still have an incentive to do the responsible reporting.&nbsp; And if the government does keep something, the finder and landowner get a monetary reward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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