The Brits are required by law to report any find and turn over any antiquities to the government. If the government decides that they don’t want to confiscate this find, then they will give it back to the finder. The Brits are so pussy-whipped(much like all the other English speaking people of the world), that they will much more readily submit to government orders than other European nations.
so why even bother to hunt for buried coins, if you can’t keep any of the spoils?
I guess just good little commies continue the hunt, “for the good of the state”.