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Each discovery also advances knowledge of local history in priceless ways. Read on to learn more about hoards, treasure, and how your childhood dream could (maybe) still happen. All told, 239 rare gold coins were discovered on the property. The treasure will go under the hammer on september 29, per a statement from auction house ivoire. A collection of antique gold coins, valued at more than £40,000, is set to be sold at auction.
Any metallic object, other than a coin, provided that at least 10 per cent by weight of metal is precious metal (that is, gold or silver) and that it is at least 300 years old when found. If the object is of prehistoric date it will be treasure provided any part of it is precious metal. Until quite recently, any artefacts, with the exception of those that could potentially fall under the definition of 'treasure trove' (basically gold and silver), were the property of the. Such objects have to be made substantially of gold or silver, they have to have been buried with the intention of recovery (one of the main considerations of the old treasure trove definition),. The collection of 913 coins, declared as treasure by a coroner on thursday, was found hidden beneath the instrument's keyboard at a school in shropshire as it was being retuned. It is reported the hoard could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, though it still has to be formally valued. Home affairs correspondent, bbc scotland. Apps and new technology could modernise the search for buried treasure in scotland, experts say. A boom in the popularity of metal detecting.
