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Message:: [QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3271317, member: 77704"]The UK has a great system. When a metal detectorist find a coin/ hoard/ the state declares it treasure. Experts then are called in to properly excavate/ sort/ catalogue the coins/ artifacts. When this is complete, the finder is given the facts on his/her find. If the 'treasure" was found on a landowners property, then they also have a share in the proceeds. Lets say it was a hoard of 50 AV Celtic Staters/ valued at 150K pounds. The museum would be allowed to make a fair market offer/ however if the finder wants to keep the coins,his share would be half/ the landowner then could do the same.....or sell them to a museum/ auction. The opposite is true in Israel, where more draconian rules exist. Here the state will seize the find/ no compensation/ even jailtime if you flaunt that law. Back to the UK, their museums are doing just fine, also private collectors are happy, win, win for all. Romania is still crying about that hoard of AV Staters from Koson that where secretly whisked away, most going to auction, and now finding really good homes in private collection/ including mine, another win, win<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Here is mine.[ATTACH=full]862862[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]