Don't Give Up! Your Day May Come

This is an amazing find. There are pictures here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8272370.stm

amazing find

G'day,
and see: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/...found-in-uk/
contrast this part of the report with some recent CCF threads regarding the rhe rights of the landowner, the finder, and the state:
"... The hoard was officially declared treasure by a coroner, which means it will now be valued by a committee of experts and offered up for sale to a museum. Proceeds would be split 50-50 between Herbert and his farmer friend [owner of the land] ..."
That seems like a very sensible solution.
I wonder if the finder is entitled because he had permission to search, and I suspect that if the finder was a trespasser, he'd probably get zilch ... ?
Peter in Oz

My "big" find was a vintage 1940 car wheel buried under my former car port. And ... from the signal, there's another one right next to where I dug the first one up! Will the treasure troves never cease?

Translation - if I don't get out of my own yard, I'm not going to be finding a Celtic hoard very soon ...

Here's the latest:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=976674

thankyou to Sap for finding the original thread for this.

Not to depress the story because it truely is an amazing find, but england really is not a good place to find anything considered a treasure trove

Treasure Act page: @England Treasure Act Revised
In the event a "Treasure Trove" is discovered (as defined under the Treasure Act, 1996), English law prevails and the find becomes the property of the Crown; however, the finder is entitled to receive a reward determined by the Treasure Validation Committee, which consists of independent experts.