[bobo1]

"they could still be ruled as being property of the state."

They will.

"It is possible somebody put them there and forgot about them, or never intended for them to be found."

Or never intended them to be found and died before they recovered them?

"The coroner can rule whether they are the finder's treasure or not."

Shucks, I can just see a "public" servant ruling in favor of the "public". He should have told nobody and sold them one at a time. The very fact that they were buried in the ground means that the depositer "never intended for them to be found".

"What determines this is if the coins were buried there intentionally or lost".

When coins get "lost" they usually find a pot and plant themselves in the ground.

Interesting. If I ever find anthing of value, the last thing that I will do is tell my government. The would claim first "dibs" and all I would be left with is the broken pottery.

Blessings, Bobo

[Gorzaloon]

He should have told nobody and sold them one at a time.

It would have taken him a long time for a little gain. I bought a handful of Trier Mint coins with Constantine on them (From the Beachy Head Hoarde) for only a few Pounds at a coin shop in Southampton.

At Low Tide, there are coin shooters all over with their metal detectors. Britain was crawling with Romans, for a long, long time. Well, I guess, in a way, it WAS Roman.

[weegee]

Maybe they should give the coins to Ireland...