Gold posy ring declared treasure

[Mark19Bowen]

Hi I found one last month wait for feed back on year . Couldn’t believe it so excited. Congratulations on finding yours

[The caretaker]

Thanks. Do you have any photos of yours on the forum

[borogers]

Thanks. Do you have any photos of yours on the forum

I got £1,600 for the one i found,the BM valued it at £650 but i looked on the PAS database and found one very similar then matched it on the https://finds.org.uk/treasure/minutes for the value if not i would of got ripped off ...this is it https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts ... /id/776751

[borogers]

And it was not Donated to museum.

[Allectus]

"I got £1,600 for the one i found,the BM valued it at £650"

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Cracking result!

[The caretaker]

Great news . How did you get that much then ? They haven't made me a offer as yet

[shaggybfc]

In my limited experience with the treasure process, the TVC place a value on your item based on their experience, but mainly from the estimates of a well known auction-house.
For a medieval brooch I found, I thought they'd undervalued it, so proceeded to put an evidence pack together to counter the valuation. Unfortunately for my wallet, after speaking to the landowner, we agreed just to simply donate it instead.
My advise would be, expect a low valuation, gather as much evidence as you can from previous sales of similar items, and propose an alternative value when and if a museum wants to buy it.... or you could donate it

[The caretaker]

Thank you for that

[The caretaker]

That would be nice and the land owner would be happy