![]() ![]() Treasure hunters are reminded that unauthorised disturbance of sites and monuments may lead to prosecution under the Ancient Monuments Acts.īy virtue of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, it is an offence to use a metal detector: This will ensure that the records are up to date with new finds and the information can be used for management of the historic environment, including assessing and mitigating impacts through the planning process. ![]() The Archaeology Service also asks that you report any finds to the Archaeology Service for addition to the Historic Environment Record. View the Treasure Trove Code of Practice for a guide to the Treasure Trove system. Rewards for those items that are selected for retention by the State are paid to the finders by the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, at the receiving museum's expense, and are based on the market value of the find.Īfter examination, articles not required for museum collections are returned to the finder. The Panel also advises on the importance and value of the find. As the intention is to record or preserve such objects for the public good, the Treasure Trove Unit consults an Allocation Panel about which museums should be entrusted with the finds. The Crown does not always exercise its claim, but all objects found must be reported through the Treasure Trove Unit for the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (who act on the Crown's behalf) so that a decision can be made.įinders are obliged by law to report discoveries to the Treasure Trove Unit, view information for finders. The law is the same whether such objects were: A constitution of Hadrian apparently divided thesaurus inventus equally between the finder and the landowner.All newly discovered ancient objects in Scotland, whether of precious metal or not, belong to the Crown. Its exact nature and the extent of its resemblance to the Anglo-American concept are in doubt, as the definition in the Code of Justinian has been discredited by some authorities and appears to conflict with the general Roman law of succession. The counterpart of treasure trove under Roman law was thesaurus inventus. Modern French, German, Italian, and Spanish law is the same. In Louisiana half goes to the finder and half to the owner of the land. In the United States the common law, following the English, would seem to give treasure trove to the public treasury, but in practice the finder has been allowed to keep it. In England the finder-and indeed anyone who acquires knowledge-should report the matter to the coroner, who must hold an inquest to find whether the discovery be treasure trove or not. Their concealment is an indictable offense in England but not a crime in Scotland unless accompanied by intent to appropriate. Such articles are presumed to have once had an owner and, in his absence, they belong not to the finder but to the crown. In England and similarly in Scotland, the right to treasure trove is in the crown, which may grant it as a franchise. In most of feudal Europe, where the prince was looked on as the ultimate owner of all lands, his claim to the treasure trove became, according to the founder of international law, Hugo Grotius, a common and universal right.
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