[Red Badger]

Had it been me, I wouldn’t have told anyone. Just quietly put the items on the market, one by one.

Now the Feds and the State will try to get as much of the hoard as they can get for their treasuries.

In Britain, they would have had to turn the treasure over to the government..................

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“In Britain, they would have had to turn the treasure over to the government..................”

That does not preclude the current dictator from ‘confiscating’ the loot as ‘government property’.....which would not surprise me.

[KarlInOhio]

In Britain, they would have had to turn the treasure over to the government..................

I've heard that the British government is pretty good at paying an honest value for the found items. They are interested in retaining the historical value of the items, not ripping off the finder.