DementedDurian posted...
Who gets to keep it? I'd rather this not go to some snobbish collector who wants it for their private collection that few people get to see...
it depends on the country. There are a lot of examples where discoveries are worth a lot of money like Spanish treasure fleet gold is found and governments seize them. I think in the case of metal detection, on what looks like state property, the artifacts belong to the state unless he has an agreement with the landowner. I know hobbyists who do it locally on private property are encouraged to come to clear terms with people whose property they are detecting on