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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2496676, member: 71234&quot;]<i>Metal detecting in England appears not to be as regulated as it is in other countries where I have read that it is illegal.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is regulated to the extent that people are supposed to report certain finds, but they are encouraged to do this by being paid a fair market value for anything required by museums, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually, single coins are deemd &#039;lost&#039; and are the finder&#039;s since the owner is unlikely to turn up, but stuff that appears to have been deliberately hidden is usually the property of the Crown,although, as said, the finder gets compensated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hunter should have permission from the owner of the land, and usually the value of anything found is shared with the landowner.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a tiny bit more complicated, but in general there is no regulation of actual prospecting apart from scheduled ancient&nbsp; monuments being out of bounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The typical British detectorist is a bit of a geek who may live with his mother and wears clothes rather like&nbsp; layers of sacks, not a profile associated with criminality. So they just get on with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything other than full compensation or the finder keeping the finds seems absolutely sure to ensure that many finds go unreported.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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