[coconutt2000]

Rally organisers immediately realised they had uncovered a find of national significance, and called police to protect the discovery overnight.

Quite solid of them. Some would've turned the entire area into an amateur excavation looking for a buried treasure horde.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’m told that the UK has some rigorous law covering these “finds.” Awards and recognition are made available to finders but the government insists on taking title.