Although the sale is indeed forced under the Treasure Trove act, the pricing is done over a period of months by independent experts. Keelo vs New London this ain't.
And it's way better than what happened in 1933, when the Roosevelt Gold Confiscation Order seized all Gold in the US with no compensation except for transportation costs, and under threat of a ten-year prison sentence. I still can't believe that really happened.
I would have wanted to keep it for the historical and collector’s value. I’d have even been willing to loan it out to museums for long term display, but I’d have wanted to retain ownership of it, had I been the property owner.