The story disingenuously ends with this statement: "The finders and the landowner have said that they want the hoard to go to the island and be put on display for the people of Jersey to enjoy." They sound oh-so philanthropic and egalitarian. What the article doesn't mention is that they don't have any choice. Under the modern UK law, buried precious metal treasure troves do not belong to landowners or the finders--they belong to the government.=========A massive hoard of Celtic coins worth millions of pounds has been found on the island of Jersey.
The hoard comprises 30,000 to 50,000 coins and is thought to have been buried to protect it from the advancing armies of Julius Caesar.
The coins were discovered in a farmer's field in the parish of Grouville in the east of the island by local metal detector enthusiasts Reg Mead and Richard Miles.
Mr Mead had been investigating the field for 30 years since he heard a report that coins scattered on the ground when a tree was uprooted.
The coins are thought to be worth between £100 and £200 each, giving a potential value of between £3 million and £10 million.
Jersey Heritage said the coins are in one solid mass weighing about three quarters of a tonne.
They are of Armorican origin (modern day Brittany and Normandy) from a tribe called the Coriosolitae, who were based around Rance in the area of modern-day St Malo and Dinan.
More @ The Independent
Friday, June 29, 2012
Massive Celtic coins hoard found on Jersey.
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What a rip off.
"Under the modern UK law, buried precious metal treasure troves do not belong to landowners or the finders--they belong to the government."
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from the UK. People always talk about the cowardness of the French, but if you ask me, the people of the UK are worse, they will put up with anything from their Masters, they just keep rollin' over.
Miss Violet
30 years of labor. Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your reasoned and generous views. A point of fact, Jersey is not part of the Uk and has its own laws.
ReplyDeleteJersey is not part of the Uk and has its own laws.
ReplyDeleteDamn, wonder if I'll ever get this right?:)
Thanks, does that mean he could receive some remuneration?
Yes it does, just as they would in the UK as well. Perhaps you and your contributors might like to spend a littl emore time checking facts and a bit less time insulting a country's culture and laws of which you clearly know little
DeletePost a link then, "Anonymous.":)
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