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Greetings from the United Kingdom

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Eddy Current

New member
Hi everyone,
as I'm new here just thought I might introduce myself:

I am from the United Kingdom and my name is Edgar, but
feel free to call me Ed, or Eddy, as my friends usually do.

Hooked on Metal Detecting and learning about the past,
particularly the Celts, but do enjoy history in general.

looking forward to seeing you all around the boards...

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
Hi Eddy,

Glad to have you aboard. You have a great opportunity for some old finds in the UK and I hope we see some of them in the future.
HH
Ran
 
cheers for the welcome Ran :thumbup:

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
Hey Eddy, I hope you have fun hunting and sharing your stories here in the forum. I'm in Italy. Been to England the past 3 summers for vacation, but skipping 2012 because of the high prices with the Olympics. If you're hunting for very old stuff, look for hillsides facing south and check the higher ground for hoards once you start finding old iron artifacts on the slope.
 
cheers for the welcome and the tips Fabio :thumbup:

Greetings to you in la bella Italia...

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
Looking forward to reading about your finds, ( :drool: ) we can only dream of here in the States..

Oh we love Pic's ........LOL :cam:
 
Welcome Eddy to the forum.
Great hunting area you live in.
Here were lucky to find anything 125 old
 
So what detector are you using Cscope,Viking?
 
cheers for the welcome Elton, Joel, Woodchuck & Celtic Dragon :thumbup:

  • @ Elton & Joel
    yes, with a little help from Saint Digalot, some very nice finds can be made here in England.

    @ Woodchuck
    love the E-TRAC, but often find myself falling back on my 1st machine, my good ol' ACE250.

    @ Celtic Dragon
    here in England we have the Treasure Act 1996. It basically states that any find which is considered to be treasure under this law, belongs to the crown (ie the Queen), who will then sell the item (usually to the British museum) at fair market value, and split the proceeds equally between the landowner(s) and the detectorist(s) who found the item. All other finds not considered treasure under the Treasure Act, can be kept/sold by the landowner/detectorist, and any proceeds can be shared according to whatever the landowner and detectorist have agreed upon (usually 50/50).
Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
You need a simpler and more fair law like the USA. The US govt. just takes it from us and says tough luck.


Eddy Current said:
@ Celtic Dragon
here in England we have the Treasure Act 1996. It basically states that any find which is considered to be treasure under this law, belongs to the crown (ie the Queen), who will then sell the item (usually to the British museum) at fair market value, and split the proceeds equally between the landowner(s) and the detectorist(s) who found the item. All other finds not considered treasure under the Treasure Act, can be kept/sold by the landowner/detectorist, and any proceeds can be shared according to whatever the landowner and detectorist have agreed upon (usually 50/50).
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Happy Hunting
Eddy
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Hi again Ran,

wouldn't popular sovereignty in the United States imply that the government
can only take it from you with the majority consent of the governed people...

...or asked another way, couldn't the metal detectorists of the United States
start a motion to pass metal detecting legislation which is fair to all parties?

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
In spite of a majority, our "representatives" (who call themselves our elected leaders) feel that antiquities are owned by the state.
Why change a law in favor of the people when the govt already gets to take it for free? Hence the reason so many keep their mouths shut and history goes unshared with others.

An example is a kid around 12yrs old was kicking around an empty lot in the city where a building was removed. He found 2 gold coins and somehow the city got wind of his find.
They subsequently took the coins and thanked him. All the while claiming the kid had no right to the coins or the value because it was found on city owned property.
I'm surprised the IRS isn't watching the forums and taxing US detectorists for the value of the finds they post.

Yes, I would like to see an antiquities law like the UK. It seems the fairest way to handle discoveries.
HH
Ran
 
Ism said:
Yes, I would like to see an antiquities law like the UK. It seems the fairest way to handle discoveries.
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Hi Ran,

it took decades of back and forth here in Britain for the present Treasure Act legislation to come about. Let's hope given time things for US detectorists will change for the better as well...

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
Welcome Ed, I'm Hank from Alabama I currrently use the Atpro with my ace350 as a backup, look foreward to seeing some of your finds, HHH
 
thanks for the welcome Hank :thumbup:

Greetings to Alabama ...

Happy Hunting
Eddy
 
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