Hello;
So, basically any manmade artifact 50+ years old including coins, cobs, watches, rings, including (surface finds i.e beaches) are ILLEGAL to remove?
That "law" was instituted in case they want to lay claim to someone's treasure, if found. They wont waste their time bird-dogging folks for pocket change. Its only there if someone finds something big and they hear about it.
Many of the guys by me that metal detect are police. It helps them relax and relieve stress.I have had police stop and talk to me at the beach, ask if I found anything good when I told them no, they said well maybe you will soon and then moved on..... Police have more important things to do then worry about what someone found with a detector at the beach. In 9+ years never once has a police officer told me to turn anything in.... I have returned jewelry that was lost and identified by owners too.....
That "law" was instituted in case they want to lay claim to someone's treasure, if found. ....
Yeah, detectorist find and return more items than any other people do...Ive returned rings, phones, even a dog collar with tags...who else returns stuff the way we do?...nobody.I have had police stop and talk to me at the beach, ask if I found anything good when I told them no, they said well maybe you will soon and then moved on..... Police have more important things to do then worry about what someone found with a detector at the beach. In 9+ years never once has a police officer told me to turn anything in.... I have returned jewelry that was lost and identified by owners too.....
True...sad but true.With this logic some older pull tabs are considered historic artifacts and are illegal to remove from the beach.