England Finds

[cudamark]

I finally got my finds from my last detecting trip in England. Every trip so far I've found some firsts for me. I'm sure the detectorists that live and hunt there will probably yawn, but, they're exciting finds for me. The firsts this trip are highlighted by my oldest find (a 4000 year old Bronze Age axe head), my first complete and working crotal bell from the 1700's, a Roman fibula piece, 2 16th century Tudor buttons, and a 1634 Charles 1st hammered rose farthing. Other interesting finds (for me anyway!) are a 17th century copper trade farthing, an 1859 Victoria silver Gothic Florin, an 1819 George III silver shilling, and a 1926 George V silver 5 cents from Straits Settlements.....a place I'd never heard of before. Found 4 more Roman bronze coins, but they're pretty toasted. A few more hammered silver coins and fragments. One of these trips I'll find a real nice example, but, it keeps me coming back. Lots of greenies, lead, and buttons of course! Pictured are about 1/4 of the total number of buttons I found. Most are broken and get tossed. Also pictured are misc items including a lead bird and a horse head! You just never know what you will find. The first photo is a group shot including a few recent local hunts where I found some silver rings, and a few U.S. coins. Highlights of those are an 1891 V nickel and a 1914S buffalo, and 4 wheaties.

 

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[A2coins]

That's banner in my world all day long freaking amazing like how you displayed them That's history. Well done. Tommy

 

[A2coins]

I'll put my vote in tonight can't do it on my phone for some reason

 

[TomW244]

What an amazing array of finds! Congratulations!

 

[RVRoamer74]

That's some very nice saves and your display of them is awesome. Congrats on getting it all back. Kick back and enjoy!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice finds. I'd take those any day, just because of the history and time period.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Did you have to get any kind of paperwork to bring that stuff home? Did you have to show it to anyone (authorities) before you brought it home? Gary

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap looks like a pretty good cross-section of finds.

The Axe is pretty cool, as it's the 'mark1' so to speak, & I've only had the 'mark2' versions, so that would be a first for me to. (Flat Axe)

 

[Aureus]

Great group of finds! Congratulations on a successful trip!

 

[xcopperstax]

Congrats on the great finds! One of my life goals is to make it over there and find some history!

 

[feral-silence]

Great finds! Question - how does one go about detecting merry ol' England? I've a friend in Oxford that I'm going to visit. She knows nothing of detecting, the laws, etc., so I'm flying blind on this one. I'm assuming there are no issues in packing a detector and such?

 

[CRUSADER]

Great finds! Question - how does one go about detecting merry ol' England? I've a friend in Oxford that I'm going to visit. She knows nothing of detecting, the laws, etc., so I'm flying blind on this one. I'm assuming there are no issues in packing a detector and such?

Firstly you need to read the 1996 Treasure Act;
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/24
This is so you know what to legally report. You only have 14 days from the time you find it/realise its Treasure.
The 2nd most important Law is around taking out of the Country, you need an Export Licience which takes 3-4 weeks to achieve (this includes any object over 50 years old dug from the soil);
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/site.../2018 Guidance_for_exporters_issue_1_2018.pdf

 

[feral-silence]

Firstly you need to read the 1996 Treasure Act;
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/24
This is so you know what to legally report. You only have 14 days from the time you find it/realise its Treasure.
The 2nd most important Law is around taking out of the Country, you need an Export Licience which takes 3-4 weeks to achieve (this includes any object over 50 years old dug from the soil);
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/site.../2018 Guidance_for_exporters_issue_1_2018.pdf

Perfect information. Thank you.

So, basically you're saying - mix it in with pop tops and can slaw, toss it in the suitcase, and pray.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding series of hunts!

 

[cudamark]

Did you have to get any kind of paperwork to bring that stuff home? Did you have to show it to anyone (authorities) before you brought it home? Gary

The host of our group takes care of all the export paperwork. They also get all the permissions we need for the hunts. It takes anywhere from 3 to 6 months before you receive your finds. They're reviewed by a group of experts to determine if they want to keep them for cultural/heritage/museum reasons, or to allow you to keep them. If they decide to keep them, they pay you the value of the item, so, no reason to try and smuggle them out.

 

[cudamark]

Great finds! Question - how does one go about detecting merry ol' England? I've a friend in Oxford that I'm going to visit. She knows nothing of detecting, the laws, etc., so I'm flying blind on this one. I'm assuming there are no issues in packing a detector and such?

There are a variety of detecting tours there. I go with Chicago Ron. No problem with taking a metal detector to England that I'm aware of.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Awesome finds man. That ax head is a sweet find. What a killer trip you had.

 

[Whyme]

You lucky dog! Would be awesome to hunt over in England. Very cool finds! Congrats! That axe head is really cool.

 

[CRUSADER]

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Originally Posted by feral-silence
Perfect information. Thank you.

So, basically you're saying - mix it in with pop tops and can slaw, toss it in the suitcase, and pray.

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Not really. The definition of Treasure will only account for less than 1% of your finds. (Unless you get really lucky) Therefore, everything you find you can legally own (assuming you get permission & more importantly an agreement as to what happens to the finds) as long as you don't take it out the Country. The licience application could be done by your friends in Oxford. It takes about 4 weeks & then they can post your stuff with the paperwork. There is very little chance of the British Museum blocking any of your items leaving. They would have to be of National Historical interest (unless Treasure). In which case they would need to give you market value. We have a more than fair system.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice variety of finds. Great display. I really like the axe. Congrats