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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 458128, member: 6370&quot;]I think treasure trove laws are both good and bad...If I do the work to find the coin, pay the land owner for the right to detect and make a deal with them, I should be able to keep what I find. I can understand them wanting me to REPORT the find and even me letting them catalog it...even give them a chance to buy some of it...but I think, if you take the time and effort to look for treasure, it should be mostly yours in the end...I have found many countries go WAY over board in restrictions and all that does is make sure people dont report good finds...I know I probably wouldnt in a country that has a law that says anything I find can be taken from me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is a guy on another forum who lives in a great place in the balkans, close to an ancient roman settlement where he finds a good bit of Roman and middle ages artifacts and coins...its against the law for him to even LOOK for these things and certainly if he finds them and doesnt turn these things over then he is in trouble with the law (he had a few brushes already)...that will NEVER inspire people to work WITH you by just labeling a person who wants to keep much of what they find a criminal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>this is a good case...this guy found them and is allowing researchers to have all the time they want with these coins (and what an historical find it is):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>Maastricht city spokeswoman Carla Wetzels said the value of the coins is not known — their worth is primarily historical. The Belgian cache of similar size was estimated at around 175,000 euros ($220,000).</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>The farmer who owned the land agreed to sell his interest to the city for an undisclosed sum.</i></p><p><i>Curfs, a teacher at a nearby junior college, continues to own the 11 coins he found, but has lent them to the City of Maastricht on a long-term basis. The coins will go on display at the Centre Ceramique museum in Maastricht this weekend.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The thing I hate about these stories is that the photo of the hoard is always so small that you cant make anything out...I want to see the actual coins close up!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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