flo?

[bakerman]

Hi all. Been detecting when I can for the past year now (not easy getting out with 4 kids) and the oldest coin I have found is 1863 and button is 1851-1880. I have heard somewhere that If a find is over 300 years old it needs to be reported to the flo, is this right? Also does this count, say for example If i pull up a single hammered? And at what point does something count as a hoard, even if it was a dozen george iii pennies?
Hopefully my first hammered will be found soon especially when I start on this council land when my permit arrives.

Jon

[DforDog]

I think it has to be over 6 coins.

[Burton_Gaz]

Here you go Jon, I lifted this from the Treasure act document.
http://finds.org.uk/documents/treasure_act.pdf

all coins that contain at least 10 per cent of gold or silver by weight of
metal and that come from the same find, provided a find consists of at
least two coins with a gold or silver content of at least 10 per cent. The
coins must be at least 300 years old at the time of discovery. In the case of
finds consisting of coins that contain less than 10 per cent of gold or silver
there must be at least ten such coins; they will also need to be at least 300
years old.