“Actually it is surprising the dude was smart enough to get a metal detector but stupid enough to tell folks he found something. What an idiot. “
You seem to have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. This thread is about a major find in England. Aside from the fact a man with a metal detector and his friend who owns the land could never ever move ***the largest anglo-saxon treasure find EVER*** on the black market without being caught and going to jail in the orwellian surveillance state of UK, but beyond that they are now subject to the antiquities act (or whatever it is called), which controls compensation to treasure-finders.
Could you, right now, move the best of 1500 ancient objects including 12 lbs of gold objects unlike almost anything ever actually found besides Sutton Ho quietly at a price that will beat what they are paid for everything and be unlikely to be caught?
I hope the finder and the owner get to keep a relic apiece as an heirloom. I think I’d have made sure to pocket one before turning in the hoard.