What, this guy gets nothing? Yeah,the "Crown" needs more treasure. I hear the Queen's on food stamps. Shame.
You must have miss read the article..read it again.
He gets paid for it.
The treasure trove law means a forced sale, but the Gold isn’t ripped out of his hands. This isn’t 1930’s America.
> What, this guy gets nothing?
No, he will be paid.
> Yeah,the “Crown” needs more treasure. I hear the Queen’s on food stamps. Shame.
“The Crown” is not “The Queen”, in the same way that “The Office of the President” is not “Obama”.
The Queen is just a person (a very special person, but just a person all the same). The Crown is an enduring institution.
Great Britain has a very fair law regarding treasure, the crown gets first shot at the treasure, a third party, entirely independent of the government, appraises the objects, the price is set the government must meet that price, if they cannot, or will not, the treasure then becomes the property of the finder. I think something similar is in force here. However, I do believe that if someone finds stuff like this it should belong to the land owner and the guy who finds it, the government should only get it if the finders decide to sell it to them.