Aircraft crashes in the UK and the Law ??

[Jon]

The MOD law in the UK states that to dig on any military aircraft wreck in Great Britain you require a license. This is due to the massive number of UK crashes some still containing ammunition and bombs and others obviously human remains.

Whilst we all i am sure agree with the reason for the license, it is a license to "dig" the wreck out in total and often will not be granted if human remains are thought to be present as the British military still have an affection for "combat" graves but........if you were simply walking over the crash site and found in a ploughed field on the surface a small part of alloy from the crash and you took it home...would you be open to being prosecuted ?.....are you breaking the law?