Metal detectorist’s Celtic coin find set for £70,000 auction

[jimther]

This link from a Google alert I have set up for "detectorist" + "coins"

Metal detectorist’s Celtic coin find set for £70,000 auction

Caractacus once stood alone against the Romans, but is this coin attributed to the British ruler about to sell for a huge amount? Find out here.

news.justcollecting.com

 

[kweis]

Surprised this isn't in a UK museum. But maybe it is.

 

[Pete e]

Surprised this isn't in a UK museum. But maybe it is.

After recent changes to the treasure laws here in the UK, it probably would be had it been found today...The coin would be valued by a Government committee, and it would be offered up to museums across the UK on the proviso
that they paid the valuation to the landowner and finder (if hunt was above board/legal etc)....There are time scales for all this to go through and it is under the jurisdiction of the local Coroner....If no museum wanted or could afford the valuation, it would be returned to landowner and it would then be down to them to honour any agreement with the detectorist.

The item could end being sold at auction as this one is, but under exceptional circumstances, the Government could still block the item from leaving the country.