[Scythian]

"Because Mr Crisp resisted the temptation to dig up the coins, it has allowed archaeologists from Somerset County Council to carefully excavate the pot and its contents," said Anna Booth, local finds liaison officer.

Big mistake there, now the state and the "experts" will claim them as their own, had I found them I would have dug them up and went home. Stupid, stupid, stupid ...

[Houghton M.]

And you would have realized value from them exactly how? Trying to sell a hoard of that size on the market would bring you to the attention of the authorities—how exactly would the coins do you any good sitting in your basement?

Yeah, I suppose you’d patiently sell one or two a year for a few thousand years. . . . Maybe three or four a year??