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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4111652, member: 44316&quot;]Let&#039;s be clear that this thread has discussed two distinct hoards. The OP hoard is Celtic, and the hoard discussed by [USER=100459]@Jim Dale[/USER] and [USER=89314]@talerman[/USER] is Viking.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea that they might have gotten &quot;half&quot; is because the other half the value goes to the landowner, from whom you are stealing if you don&#039;t have permission and don&#039;t report the find.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard it is very fair. Often, if the coins are not special, they just give them back after studying them long enough to get the information out of them. If a few are special, they have a group (including dealers) that determines fair (wholesale) market value for them, the finders are paid that and get the rest of the coins back. </p><p><br /></p><p>If other countries had a system like England, we would know a lot more about ancient-coin finds than we do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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