8th October 2010, 07:00 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11497511 BBC report
As a matter of interest, the detecting forums are buzzing with similar sadness.. though we must remember that by the law, the person did not even have to report it at all! One detectorist has suggested the farmer and detectorist hand over 400k to the museum so it can match (and raise) the 2m bid and the new owner can return it to Cumbria. It would have helped regenerate the area, and so many people put so much into it... We can always hope... and why the hell did the govt not help...
As a matter of interest, the detecting forums are buzzing with similar sadness.. though we must remember that by the law, the person did not even have to report it at all! One detectorist has suggested the farmer and detectorist hand over 400k to the museum so it can match (and raise) the 2m bid and the new owner can return it to Cumbria. It would have helped regenerate the area, and so many people put so much into it... We can always hope... and why the hell did the govt not help...