hi doog,
It wasnt you who found the £2 million pound worth of gold Neckbands in a field near Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland was it.?
Or was it some other "accidental" opportunist "accidentally" wandering about with a metal detector, who was hoping
not to "accidentally" find anything worthwhile whilst wandering through a recently ploughed field.
Funny how it is frowned upon to "accidentally " find something of little value, but totally acceptable to deliberately go out with a metal detector to deliberately find and appropriate items that are potentially worth millions of pounds, and which have definately never belonged to you !!
Doog,
Under Scottish common lawUnder the common law of Scotland, the law of treasure trove was and still is a specialised application of the general rule governing bona vacantia ("vacant goods") – that is, objects that are lost, forgotten or abandoned. The rule is quod nullius est fit domini regis: "that which belongs to nobody becomes our Lord the King's [or Queen's]".
The Crown in Scotland has a prerogative right to treasure trove for it is one of the regalia minora ("minor things of the King"), that is, property rights which the Crown may exercise as it pleases and which it may alienate (transfer to another party). As the Scottish law of treasure trove on the matter has not changed, it is discussed in the "Present-day legal definitions" section below, under the subheading "Scotland".
as link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_troveIn short. you should really parcel up the £15 trolley, and let the Queen see it, just in case she decides to keep it.
If she doesn,t... then she will send it back to you if she can be bothered .
IMHO i would suggest that you take it back to B+Q car park, and leave it where you found it ... as that would be less bother, and cheaper than "sending it to the Queen"
Hope this clears things up for all of you ??
klickster
