facts first presents woman found a 700
year old coin as a kid and she was
arrested before we get into the video to
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new videos when most children work in
the garden with their mother they never
expect to find something that'll get
them arrested decades later
unfortunately this is what happened to
Kate Harding this woman found a 700 year
old coin when she was a kid and
authorities decided she needed to be
arrested when Kate was just nine years
old she found the coin while digging
with her mother
like any nine-year-old she didn't think
she had found anything really important
and when her mother died a few months
later she decided to keep the coin as a
memento of that wonderful day she spent
with mom the coin was actually a silver
peed fort marking Charles the forest's
Ascension to the French throne in 13:22
the coin weighed one point four grams
and was thicker and heavier than an
average coin Kate forgot about the coin
for years finally at 23 years old she
decided to bring it to a museum to ask a
few questions about it the museum
experts identified the coin they told
her that the coin was not used for
currency in fact the coins were often
used as guides for Mint workers they
were also used as reckoning counters for
officials in the United Kingdom only
three of those coins have ever been
found one was in 2007 and it was
purchased by a British Museum for 1800
pounds while Kate's crime was not
finding the coin or even bringing it to
the museum to be analyzed
she didn't inform the coroner that
something most people would not know
that needed to be done though
unfortunately Kate didn't know about the
treasure act under the Treasure Act of
1996 treasure is defined as a single
object that is at least 300 years old it
can be a coin and it needs to be a
precious metal content of at least 10%
according to the Act the person who
finds the coin would need to inform the
local coroner that they may have found
treasure if the person who finds the
treasure doesn't report it to the
coroner it's
illegal and they can face prosecution
unfortunately he was arrested for
failure to report to find according to
the Ludlow magistrates Kate had ignored
phone calls and letters from the Ludlow
Museum they were calling and writing to
let her know that she had to report the
P fort to the district coroner they
tried to let her know that she was
responsible for reporting it as soon as
it was identified when the museum's
calls and letters went unanswered they
notified Anthony Sipsey who was the
coroner of South Shropshire soon after
they contacted the police at first Kate
claimed that she lost the peat fort when
she was ordered to appear in court she
was defended by Brendan Reedy he claimed
that she had a couple of reasons why she
didn't immediately inform the coroner
first she was just disorganized and she
forgot the other reason was that the
peat fort had sentimental value to her
it was the last reminder that she had of
her mother Kate said that she had no
idea that failing to report such a
treasure was a crime she assumed that
not reporting it was frowned upon
however since she was the one who found
the peat fort she thought that what she
did with it was up to her unfortunately
the courts did not see it that way she
was told that she faced up to three
months in prison a fine or both it was
then that key realized that she was in
serious trouble
when Kate and her boyfriend went to
court she listened to mr. Reidy and
admitted to having an object and not
reporting it to the coroner she decided
that she would throw herself at the
mercy of the court and hope for the best
fortunately she did not have to go to
prison she didn't even need to pay too
much money she walked away from court
with a conditional discharge
she was also ordered to pay 25 pounds of
the 300 pound cost Kate assumes that the
court took pity on her because of the
reason she wanted to keep the coin she
wasn't trying to sell it online for a
huge payoff she just wanted to keep it
as a reminder of her deceased mother she
got very lucky she says that if she
learned anything from her experience
it's to report any find because you
never know if it's treasure
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