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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2672739, member: 74282"]As an example of how this sort of thing should be handled, take a look at the PAS system in the UK. Most finds are recorded and then allowed to enter private collections or the market while the most important finds are purchased from the finders and landowners by the state. Because of this, amateurs have little reason not to report finds and there are a steady stream of finds entering the market with recorded find spots and even more importantly, details of hoards and finds are regularly recorded and published and accordingly the UK government is not asking the US or other countries to enforce their laws. This used to be the case in places like Italy but is not any more because of possible legal repercussions. These militant archaeological types, and I stress that this is a tiny number, would rather this information be lost for good than work with collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas in the 90s and earlier one often saw hoard reports of hoards found "in commerce" or otherwise not strictly from organized excavations, and much of our knowledge of the dating of some types comes from these types of reports(look up the Mesagne hoard), this is very rarely the case anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2672739, member: 74282"]As an example of how this sort of thing should be handled, take a look at the PAS system in the UK. Most finds are recorded and then allowed to enter private collections or the market while the most important finds are purchased from the finders and landowners by the state. Because of this, amateurs have little reason not to report finds and there are a steady stream of finds entering the market with recorded find spots and even more importantly, details of hoards and finds are regularly recorded and published and accordingly the UK government is not asking the US or other countries to enforce their laws. This used to be the case in places like Italy but is not any more because of possible legal repercussions. These militant archaeological types, and I stress that this is a tiny number, would rather this information be lost for good than work with collectors. Whereas in the 90s and earlier one often saw hoard reports of hoards found "in commerce" or otherwise not strictly from organized excavations, and much of our knowledge of the dating of some types comes from these types of reports(look up the Mesagne hoard), this is very rarely the case anymore.[/QUOTE]
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