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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 8092579, member: 77704"]The law is made up by leaders of sovereign nations. On the one hand, by Ghandi in 1948/ India or by Josef Stalin in 1938/ USSR. Only in the Papal States/ Vatican are laws inacted by the Pope/ in the name of God.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think in the UK/ if you find a hoard of Celtic/ Saxon/ Roman coins on a property owners land/ its split between you and landowner. Also, the museum can make both parties an offer. This is very fair. This way, the hoard can be analysed/ coins properly restored (cleaned) without damaging the coins/ also provenance is kept. Sovereign govts. that are draconian and confiscate your find= the find is kept secret/ and coins are kept by finders/ I would do the same in their shoes. The famed "Arras Hoard", the "finders" were not the brightest lites on the candle stick.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 8092579, member: 77704"]The law is made up by leaders of sovereign nations. On the one hand, by Ghandi in 1948/ India or by Josef Stalin in 1938/ USSR. Only in the Papal States/ Vatican are laws inacted by the Pope/ in the name of God. I think in the UK/ if you find a hoard of Celtic/ Saxon/ Roman coins on a property owners land/ its split between you and landowner. Also, the museum can make both parties an offer. This is very fair. This way, the hoard can be analysed/ coins properly restored (cleaned) without damaging the coins/ also provenance is kept. Sovereign govts. that are draconian and confiscate your find= the find is kept secret/ and coins are kept by finders/ I would do the same in their shoes. The famed "Arras Hoard", the "finders" were not the brightest lites on the candle stick.[/QUOTE]
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