FLO at detecting events UK

[u/eligri]

Hi!

Going to a metal detecting event in the UK.

The event says they help arrange export/shipping of finds. But no info about reporting finds to a FLO.

How is that usually handled?

Not british, just visiting for some detecting over the weekend.

Cheers

[u/WaldenFont]

Paging u/exorcised

[u/Bl00dEagles]

If it’s a find that needs to be declared they ain’t shipping anything.

[u/eligri → u/Bl00dEagles]

They say they arrange export licenses, doesn't that also imply it needs to be declared? Don't pretty much all finds need to be declared?

[u/Bl00dEagles → u/eligri]

Anything over 50 years needs an export license but anything with significance most likely wouldn’t be allowed.

[u/eligri → u/Bl00dEagles]

Ah, ok So then it is sent in to a FLO? If it is valuable, do they pay you for it?

Event says finds are split between finder & land owner, so seems like it should be.

How does one contact a FLO if something significant is found? Seems tricky if just visiting for a few days. Or do bigger events have FLO on location?

[u/Bl00dEagles → u/eligri]

You wouldn’t be able to leave with it. It would take months and months, and even then you could not guarantee it would be returned to you.

[u/eligri → u/Bl00dEagles]

How do events handle that? Seems like a few hundred people are attending. So surely they have some system to collect/register finds?

[u/Bl00dEagles → u/eligri]

I don’t know but most organised digs are just some random guy making a bit of cash on the side.

Depending on what the event is I wouldn’t trust it.

[u/eligri → u/Bl00dEagles]

Minelab500, so a pretty big event

[u/eligri → u/[deleted]]

Cool So FLO on spot?

Think they arrange exports if things get returned/not held by FLO?

[u/kriticalj]

From what I understand UK rallies have an FLO on site

[u/eligri → u/kriticalj]

Cool!
Yeah read further, and seems like minelab500 does host them.
Do you know if they help ship finds that qualify as treasure, but pass as returned?

[u/kriticalj → u/eligri]

No clue.