rlnrlnrln t1_iv9eb6h wrote on November 6, 2022 at 8:39 AM

Reply to comment by Dubbodoo in A 1000-year-old Viking silver treasure found in Sweden by drexa24

If you find treasure containing valuable metal, you get the value of the metal.

But the idea is also to let things remain in the ground for the future, when new methods may be available.

Dubbodoo t1_ive1q2z wrote on November 7, 2022 at 7:38 AM

I don't believe you do. In the UK you get the value of your finds, but in Sweden I'm fairly certain they use a few factors to determine the award and it is usually quite small (in comparison to the value of the find if it's precious metals). I'd have to check into it again; I had researched it a few years ago when I was visiting and was thinking of bringing my detector. Quickly learned I couldn't.