15th September 2010, 12:02 PM
He probably was given no choice but to send it to auction seeing as it was deemed to be not treasure. He probably ( or should ) have had a 50/50 aggreement with the landowner, so unless he had a spare ?150K to give him, or her, he had to sell it.
Of course in an ideal world he would have donated it to a museum but in reality would you give something worth ?100,000's away for nothing ?
Of course in an ideal world he would have donated it to a museum but in reality would you give something worth ?100,000's away for nothing ?