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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7452245, member: 115909&quot;]But what I mean is what if I am detecting somewhere and it’s legal to do so but I come across something that could be an unknown historical find.</p><p><br /></p><p>At what point does “finders keepers” become “I have to report this.”</p><p><br /></p><p>For example in Britain there was a case of a metal detectorist who came across a couple silver Roman denari coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Amazing find but legally no big deal. Until he kept going and found a giant horde of Roman gold &amp; silver ornaments and rings and brooches and all kinds of stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously this kind of a find isn’t a case of “finders keepers” because of the huge importance the find plays in changing the knowledge of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly anyone who found a huge hoard like that and didn’t come forward would be a scumbag by depriving the world of historical knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s why I like the British policy of paying fair market value for treasure finds. If a museum or university thinks it’s worthy of study they’ll bid on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It encourages people to report treasure finds immediately for study without that internal struggle about giving it all up since they are paid whatever they would’ve been paid by selling it and staying within the law.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is at what point does a find have that moral and legal obligation to be reported?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292202[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292203[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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