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STUNNING DISCOVERY! Treasure or not treasure?!

3,808 views · Published 3 March 2018 · 16:33 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: TheManWithTheHat · 2018 · Entertainment

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Myself and Mark went to hunt on a huge brand new permission and in 5 trips, we found nothing at all. Then one day - out of the blue - we struck lucky. We hit a really nice 'treasure hot spot'. 

We BOTH found 1st century silver intaglio rings, and silver roman coins were popping up all over the place - along with many bronze coins and other roman artefacts.

Many metal detectorists on Facebook groups decided everything we found should be declared as treasure, not only the rings which we voluntarily decided to submit.

One group of people even chose to expel me from their forum and report me to the British Museum for 'not declaring' finds.

What I would like to make clear is this. I have been training with the British museum for a few years now, and have a hard copy of 'The treasure Act 1996' which was issued to me as part of my training program.  Plus I have a direct line to the relevant people if I wish to clarify anything. For this reason I consider myself to be better informed than most other hobbyists. 

Paragraph 1, page 12 of the Treasure Trove  Act 1996 says; "Assemblages of coins that may reasonably be interpreted as individual losses accumulated over a period of time and that were in all probability never deposited in physical association, should not normally be considered treasure". 

Whilst the words 'not normally' can be left open to interpretation, in the end it's common sense which should prevail. In which case, it made sense that the location of our finds made it impossible to 'hide or bury' anything. 

You can read more about the treasure act 1996 here: https://finds.org.uk/treasure

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