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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1020717, member: 39&quot;]True, when I wrote about plundering archeological sites, I did not primarily have us coin collectors in mind. But collectors of antiquities, be it coins or other items, may of course want to buy what others &quot;discover&quot; there. So it would be very helpful to have some kind of certificate which shows that an item was found and purchased legally.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I realize that such a pedigree will be difficult or impossible for ancient or medieval coins that been in somebody&#039;s collection for quite a while. Also, even many ancient coins were mass products, not unique pieces of art. Heck, I never said I know a solution. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>As for where coins are found, well, that depends. Some people hid their treasures in fields away from their houses. But here in Germany for example, old coins are often discovered when a house in a city is rebuilt or newly built. That would not really be the type of place that a detectorist would search though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the PAS (which I think is a great approach) is not really &quot;British&quot; - as far as I know, it applies to England and Wales only. Similarly, there is no uniform regulation in Germany when it comes to who &quot;owns&quot; a found treasure - the rules in the state where I live (NW) are quite different from those in, say, Hamburg or Berlin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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