🏴󠁧󠁢󠁩󠁭󠁿 IoM Treasure Map

📋 Legal Framework & Contacts

⚖️ IoM Treasure Act 2017

• Items with 10%+ precious metal AND no known owner = Treasure

• ANY item of significance for Manx art, learning, or history = must report

• Report to Coroner within 14 days — penalties include 6 months imprisonment

• Detecting on Scheduled Ancient Monuments is PROHIBITED

• Always obtain written landowner permission

🏛️ Manx National Heritage

📞 +44 (0)1624 648000 · 📧 [email protected]

📍 Manx Museum, Kingswood Grove, Douglas, IM1 3LY

Curator of Archaeology: Allison Fox

⚖️ Coroner of Inquests

📞 +44 (0)1624 685452 · 📧 [email protected]

📍 Deemsters Walk, Bucks Road, Douglas

🌾 Manx NFU

Best way to meet farmers: attend the Royal Manx Agricultural Show (Aug) or Southern Show (Jul).

🔍 Useful Resources

• IoM HER: isleofmanher.im (9,690+ archaeological records)

• Heritage Map: National Geographic / Esri (detailed terrain + place names)

• Manx Ancient Sites: asmanxasthehills.com

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🔑 Get Landowner Permission

Step 1: Find the Landowner

Use the Isle of Man Land Registry to search who owns the land:

🔗 IoM Land Registry Online Search

📞 +44 (0)1624 685554 · 📧 [email protected]

Searches cost £5 per title. You can search by map location or address. The registry will tell you the registered owner's name and correspondence address.

Step 2: Check if it's Public Land

Some land is managed by public bodies:

• Manx National Heritage (MNH) — many ancient monument sites
📞 +44 (0)1624 648000 · 📧 [email protected]

• DEFA (Dept of Environment) — crown land, hills, commons
📞 +44 (0)1624 685835 · 📧 [email protected]

• Local Commissioners — parish land, playing fields
Find your local authority

⚠️ Detecting on Scheduled Ancient Monuments is ILLEGAL even with landowner consent. Check with MNH first.

Step 3: Write to the Landowner

Use this template — copy, personalise, and post or email:

📋 Copy Letter to Clipboard

Step 4: Agree Terms

Key points to agree in writing:

✅ Dates and hours you'll be detecting
✅ Which fields/areas specifically
✅ How finds will be split (typically 50/50)
✅ That you'll fill all holes and leave gates as found
✅ That you'll report Treasure to the Coroner within 14 days
✅ Your public liability insurance details (recommended)

Useful Links

🏛️ IoM Historic Environment Record (9,690+ sites)

📜 NCMD Code of Conduct for Detecting

🎒 Permission kits & finds bags (Amazon)

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🌊 Tide Information — Douglas

🔑 Tide-Dependent Sites

• Langness Reef Walk — Only at spring lows (< 0.5m)

• Castletown Beach — Best 24hrs after storm + low tide

• Scarlett Point Wreck — Visible at extreme low springs

• St Mary's Rock Wreck — Timbers at extreme lows

• Port Grenaugh — Best after southerly storms

📅 Best Detecting Tides

• Spring low tides expose the most material

• 2-3 hours either side of low water

• After storms: go ASAP at first low tide

• Check: tide-forecast.com/Douglas

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🌤️ IoM Weather — Detecting Conditions

🔑 Weather Tips for Detecting

• After storms: Best beach detecting — waves scour new material

• Frost/thaw cycles: Bring items to the surface in ploughed fields

• Dry ground: Better signal depth but harder digging

• Wet ground: Improved conductivity but mud

• Wind: Headphones essential above 15mph

• Avoid: Detecting in lightning — metal detector = conductor

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