20th November 2008, 01:04 PM
In my experience the owners of a small site are usually more than a little reluctant to sign over any valuable objects found during work. I have been on a site where they didn't give a toss about the pottery but kept the nice 970s Anglo Saxon penny and a few other metal bits. Irritatingly I found those. At least they were recorded in the report. They own the land so they do not have tro give the finds up (so I believe).