Quote Originally Posted by bigduke6 View Post
On Very hot days a lot of folk head to the beaches, its surprising how much change you can find, plus the odd ring ........... you can find a lot of junk also, but you can discriminate against it, you soon learn to distinguish between junk and coins regarding your read out on the detector.
Surely reasonable steps would need to be taken to find the rightful owner of any valuables found in such circumstances, i.e. lost in recent times/history, such as handing in the item at a police station, so that the rightful owner has the chance to claim it back?

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