There is a real big problem with that im afraid the police will take them away but thats it as it is a civil matter and bo farmer wants to pay out thousends for something like that the law needs to be changed im afraid I don't think it's a civil matter if items are being taken or damage is being do...

Sorry if this has already been posted, but thought it may be of interest.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... d-35871538

cheers for making this, an excellent read.

As a relative noob I would emphasize the importance of not discriminating out good finds. If I had used the settings I was using in my first few weeks I wouldn't have picked up a gold quarter stater I recently had.

Can't believe this is free.
Thanks!
Jack

Thanks guys for the information and guidance. I will be going back.

Hi, yesterday I posted an image of a gold Celtic stater, my first gold and first coin before 1800's. (I wasn't certain that is what it was, I had convinced myself otherwise, it was rapidly identified which I am very grateful for). I have told the land owner. But now what? What obligations am I under...

Puffin and dig-it-pete

Thank you very much for your useful answers. I wonder now if my settings were not ideal and I may have walked right over some interesting stuff, going to go back to a preset.

Jack

Around a month ago I got me an XP Deus. I have been detecting every weekend since, having got one permission through someone I know. I have found that there is an almost infinite amount of reading on detecting related topics, and I have indulged. However, I do have some questions that I either can't...