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Prospecting Rules & Regulations
Theft By Finding?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldpick" data-source="post: 53333" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>I think anything readily identifiable or of significant value like wedding bands, engagement rings, wallets, engraved jewellery etc, should be handed in to try and source the original owner, cheap jewellery and coins I'd give a miss. Technically most detectorists would be guilty of theft by finding if keeping jewellery. Many people have the view if you purchase an expensive detector, spend countless hours detecting, then it should be their item to keep, even if the law doesn't agree with it. </p><p></p><p>If the police were so concerned over the issue, they would only have to scour these forums and pick on every single person who has a valuable find that hasn't made an effort to source the original owner. Remember, there may be rewards posted for such lost items, so not all is lost (so to speak). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldpick, post: 53333, member: 1695"] I think anything readily identifiable or of significant value like wedding bands, engagement rings, wallets, engraved jewellery etc, should be handed in to try and source the original owner, cheap jewellery and coins I'd give a miss. Technically most detectorists would be guilty of theft by finding if keeping jewellery. Many people have the view if you purchase an expensive detector, spend countless hours detecting, then it should be their item to keep, even if the law doesn't agree with it. If the police were so concerned over the issue, they would only have to scour these forums and pick on every single person who has a valuable find that hasn't made an effort to source the original owner. Remember, there may be rewards posted for such lost items, so not all is lost (so to speak). :) [/QUOTE]
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