Metal detectorist admits fraud over historic finds
The items were claimed to have been found using a metal detector in the Roxholm and Long Bennington areas (file pic)
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A man has admitted four charges of fraud after he claimed to have found historic artefacts while metal detecting.
Jason Price, 54, of Purcell Close, Grantham, was summoned to court following a police investigation into items that were submitted to the Finds Officer at Lincolnshire County Council between September 2019 and August 2023.
The items included a broach, Roman coins and figurines, which Price claimed to have found while metal detecting in the Roxholm and Long Bennington areas.
Price pleaded guilty to four charges of fraud at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday and a sentence and trial of facts has been set for 7 November.
Recorder Rupert Jones granted Price bail for the preparation of a probation report but warned him "that all options were open to the sentencing judge".
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