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oTURLo t1_ix9ag2a wrote

Unfortunately he will have to declare it as a “treasure” (it technically belongs to the king) so he won’t get anywhere near the value for it. Most I’ve ever found detecting is a load of tent pegs and a few coins on the beach so I’m not 100% on the process but I’m pretty sure it gets auctioned to the highest bidding museum and then he will get around 10% of whatever it fetches (minus any agreement with the land owner of the field he was searching in). Rest goes to the crown. Still a great little find though and will no doubt pay for his next detector.

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ADacome24 t1_ix9elek wrote

10%?? yeah i’m keeping it or selling it on the black market

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csk1325 t1_ixf1few wrote

I would think you could just travel to any one of many countries and sell it there. Not sure how reporting sales goes in other places

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lpycb42 t1_ix9s2ff wrote

I was about to say “wait, which King?”

Oh, poor Charles…

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