Posted on 10/18/2022 6:59:47 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Yes, it’s true. Some even had ‘blades’ or ‘razors’ stamped near the slot. I re-did a bath from the 50s and there was a small mountain of rusty double sided blades in the wall.
Hasn’t it, though? What a bonanza for the homeowners. I imagine the Crown got a cut as well.
That is not the case. Read the terms of the Treasure Trove Act of 1996. The money is divided between the landowner and the finder, and is not taxed.
About 30 years ago there was a guy here in Minnesota who bought an old house in St Anthony Falls which is actually part of Minneapolis. He was an electrician and was rewiring his house when he found a Thompson submachine gun with a drum magazine wedged in the rafters. He called the cops and they came and got it. It turned out that it was purchased back in the days before they were outlawed, and most likely hidden when they were outlawed.
Thanks RB.
They are always finding cool stuff in England. Found Richard the third under a parking garage. Another guy found part of the crown of one of the Henry’s ( thinkHenry third) while digging a garden in his back yard.
Mineral rights are public property in the US. Some states allow some land to have mineral or water rights, but not many.
People aren’t just born stupid, they make themselves that way with hard work. That Thompsons would be worth a mint, and the government has no business regulating something in your possession that is found in the house.
Were these weapons even serialized and better yet registered? If not, the least I would do is find someone with deep pockets and make a few grand selling it to a collector. Instead, some govt agent has nice trophy or a wad of cash.
Even the mudlarkers need permits to search for stuff on the Thames. I believe they are required to turn in objects to British Museum for examination. Don’t believe half the metal detecting I see on YouTube. There are a couple I think are real finds. One guy just got 4K at one of the London auctions.
i saw an 1860 bronze english penny, in an arcade game in london. i played the game, and eventually won the penny. it was very worn, but it was the oldest coin that i ever found. (this was in 1967.)
as i recall, one could find usa copper pennies dating back to about 1920 in the early 1960s.
“as i recall, one could find usa copper pennies dating back to about 1920 in the early 1960s.”
I was coin collecting as a kid in the late 1950s. I would still occasionally find an Indian Head Cent (1859 to 1909) in circulation. I really liked the Liberty Mercury Dime (1916 to 1945). That was one gorgeous coin and great symbolism on obverse and reverse.
I’d find a fair number of 1943 zinc-plated steel Lincoln pennies. I loved the Wheat-Sheaf pennies of the time — much more attractive than the Lincoln Memorial reverse.
The silver Franklin Half Dollar coins (1948-1963) were plentiful.
My favorite, though, was my grandpa pulling real silver dollars out of my ears! My grandparents weren’t well off and lived in a small mobile home, but he’s still find those silver dollars in my ears and give them to me! Unfortunately, I spent them when I reached high school. Young and foolish! My grandparents lived in a couple of small towns in Idaho and bars still had slot machines, so silver dollars were common there. It wasn’t unusual to find a Morgan Silver Dollar (1878-1921) still in circulation.
Coins seemed to stay in circulation a lot longer back then.
Thanks for the clarification. :-)
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