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    L'Etranger Senior Member Banquo's Ghost's Avatar
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    It's an absolutely fascinating find.

    The hoard appears to be mainly military hardware decorations, perhaps gathered from defeated enemies over a period of time. Analysis might give many clues to other clans/peoples who came unstuck against the Mercians.
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    Now does the guy who found it get to keep it and sell it to the government, or do they just take it from him?

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    Now does the guy who found it get to keep it and sell it to the government, or do they just take it from him?
    As it was a buried stash its trove which means the government gets it by law but has to pay their idea of market value to the finder and landowner.
    To get around this (if you are so inclined) the best way is to "find" it again in a location that won't be covered by treasure trove restrictions, like a river or the sea, but check no one owns the particular riverbed or the seabed first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
    As it was a buried stash its trove which means the government gets it by law but has to pay their idea of market value to the finder and landowner.
    To get around this (if you are so inclined) the best way is to "find" it again in a location that won't be covered by treasure trove restrictions, like a river or the sea, but check no one owns the particular riverbed or the seabed first.
    The finder still stands to get 50% of the value, which will likely work out to be a few million £s.

    Now is that less or more sad than playing the lottery?

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    This makes me wonder what other stuff is buried around the world, just waiting to be found. There must be lots of other interesting things down there, that would otherwise go to waste.

    Where is the airborne area effect underground metal detector? That'd be worth a motza.
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    The finder still stands to get 50% of the value
    But if he wanted to be sneaky he could get 100% of the real market value, not just a portion of what the government says the value is.

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    Wouldn't it be difficult to offload parts of this find, since it is so massive and the quality of the items is very high? There apparently isn't much stuff like that around, you'd likely have to go through dodgy sources.
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