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Man Finds Roman Gold Coin Hoard Worth £100,000 With Metal Detector
An anonymous reader writes "A novice metal detector has found one of the largest roman gold coin hoards ever unearthed in the UK. From the article: 'National newspapers reported on Wednesday that the man, from Berkhamsted, had been sold a beginner’s metal detector from the town’s High Street-based Hidden History for £135. He is reported to have gone back with 40 of the “solidi” coins, dating to the last days of Roman rule in Britain, and asked: “What do I do with this?”'"
Wow! here in the USA you dont own anything, not even any LAND you claim to own. you have a Ownership title and a Occupancy permit, but those can be revoked by the local, state, or federal government at any time. Very VERY few people hold a real deed to their property here. The government does not like allowing people to actually own what they buy.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Quite right. The ability of almost any government agency to attach private property, often without fair-value compensation, is one of the better reasons to rent one's domicile rather than "buy". The unscrupulous use of "eminent domain" by local government to attach property for commercial re-use by anyone from utility companies to land developers is an on-going story.
Even if one does acquire a deed, it often excludes certain so-called "rights" to everything from water to mineral deposits.
Private property is a worse than a myth, it's a sham. Rather than argue and litigate about it, it's simpler to just accept the fact and not get involved in real estate at all.
Property "owners" are merely renting their parcels from the government, with taxes being the rent.
Scruting the inscrutable for over 50 years.