17th February 2011, 04:25 PM
Hi,
The gold / silver plate would be treasure as it is over 300 years old and more than 10% precious metal. The other items would also be considered treasure as they were found with a treasure item. If the plate was not there the other item would not be treasure (unless the AS sword contained 10% precious metal). However they should still be reported to the PAS ;-)
It wouldnt matter who owned the land where they were found, it would still be classed as treasure. Although I very much doubt that the CoE would allow people to dig around on their land unless it was for development. The finder should have permission to be searching on the land from the landowner, else it would be steeling.. although that may be the point of the book!
see http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf for full treasure act. or http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasurefinders.pdf for summary.
hope that helps!
The gold / silver plate would be treasure as it is over 300 years old and more than 10% precious metal. The other items would also be considered treasure as they were found with a treasure item. If the plate was not there the other item would not be treasure (unless the AS sword contained 10% precious metal). However they should still be reported to the PAS ;-)
It wouldnt matter who owned the land where they were found, it would still be classed as treasure. Although I very much doubt that the CoE would allow people to dig around on their land unless it was for development. The finder should have permission to be searching on the land from the landowner, else it would be steeling.. although that may be the point of the book!
see http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf for full treasure act. or http://www.finds.org.uk/documents/treasurefinders.pdf for summary.
hope that helps!