[[r even a gold milk bottle top]]
Gee, they must be rich over there
[[The piece is now being held at the British Museum.]]
Arti c le didn’t say if he got any deniro for it
“Article didn’t say if he got any deniro for it.”
In Great Britain the law is that if it is of historical value (like this) the museum has to pay a fair price for the item (auction value??). If it does not have historical value (like a bunch of pots full of Roman coins) the person can keep it. And probably need to share with the property owner with whom hopefully they had an agreement to hunt on their land. Not sure about public land. Then I think the detectorist gets to keep it all?
Anyway - it is a way to promote treasure hunting to uncover these historical artifacts.