[ClearCase_guy]

SIMON: One last question. Being from Jersey are you big Bruce Springsteen fans?

Wacky American humor. I expect such low-level wit from NPR.

[pennyfarmer]

Awesome. As my name suggests yes I detect and all seem to find is pennies, and the occasional silver coin or gold ring. :)

[Noob1999]

I wonder what is the land owner’s percentage of the treasure? If these guys have been checking out the same fields for 30 years, certainly there’s a contract in there somewhere.

[OL Hickory]

I detect also and saw this on my metal detecting forum...I was wondering where in JERSEY they found it...then I read the article and realized JERSEY was in Europe not the US...

I am still looking for Captain kids treasure....

[edwinland]

Not a single question about the ... coins!

What years are they from? Who might have minted them? Is there anything NPR listeners might be interested I other than the fact that this couple might make 15 million?

[muleskinner]

U.K. treasure laws are very fair to the finder. Once the local historical society declares the find a "trove", the finder receives fair market value for all items.

Way to sensible for the U.S.

[BenLurkin]

ping

[djf]

I heard a story about a couple in California who liked to go camping in the Sierras and he liked to poke around with his metal detector.

He comes back to camp after about four hours and decides to take a nap, she had never used the detector but goes off with it anyway.

Comes back a while later and says she didn’t find any gold but there was a rock “over there” that was making weird noises...

He takes a hike over, big chuck of quartz there, when they finally get it dug out, broken open and cleaned up they had more that seven ounces of museum quality crystalline gold specimens.

And good quality pieces like that are usually worth AT LEAST five times more than spot!!

[colorado tanker]

FYI, Jersey is not part of the UK and has its own laws and legal system. So, the British law regarding discovery of treasure like this would not apply. Jersey is a separate state governed by the British monarch. The Channel Islands are what remains of the Duchy of Normandy still ruled by British monarchs. Its laws are a mix of French and English law.

The Islands are much closer to France than England and were the only "British" territory occupied by Germany in WWII.

[Bigg Red]

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