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Title: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: Kev on April 13, 2011, 04:02:07 PM When two friends uncovered a haul of 840 Iron Age gold coins, it should have been the best day of their lives.
But after a three-year dispute over the £300,000 windfall Michael Darke and Keith Lewis have been left wishing they never stumbled across the precious change which date back to the Roman Empire. A valuation committee has ruled that the pair are entitled to a quarter of the money and the owner of the field in Dallinghoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, is entitled to half. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376400/What-Dallinghoo-ha--300-000-gold-coin-sparks-bitter-rift-metal-detecting-friends.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376400/What-Dallinghoo-ha--300-000-gold-coin-sparks-bitter-rift-metal-detecting-friends.html?ito=feeds-newsxml) Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: Chef Geoff on April 13, 2011, 04:23:44 PM Wow I'm so glad I was on my own when I found my silver Stater :D I might of had to split my £30 winfall ;D ;D
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: nfl on April 13, 2011, 04:32:43 PM wots everybody moaning about,full price split 3 ways ,sounds fair to me,if the jelly fishers wanted a 50/50 share with the landowner they should be tectin without each other ;D......beware when agreing with your tectin bud about who shares what as these things happen........the only way my tectin bud would get a share would be if he helped recover the item/s and helped find the items [such as a scattered hoard],,,,sorry johno ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: geordiefred on April 13, 2011, 05:40:34 PM Greed does strange things to people, me Id have been well pleased with a £75,000 share. But then I never find much anyway ;D
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: Stred (Steve) on April 13, 2011, 06:08:15 PM 50/50 is what we all agree too. 50% for the landowner and 50% for the finder, he then splits with his detecting buddy, whats the problem ??? (greed) ;)
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: Stred (Steve) on April 13, 2011, 06:14:41 PM How much is a good dentist, check the picture out ;D
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: jtalbot0001 on April 13, 2011, 07:12:47 PM Well reading the post it sounds fair, so what was the argument about? 50% to the owner, 50% to the finder, and since the finder was two people, then 50% each of the 50%, IE, quarter of the value. I would jumping up and down with joy with that, cant see what the problem was, sorry, didn't read into it too much if there was...
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: avalon on April 14, 2011, 06:03:14 AM I bet you 6 months ago those very same people were saying ‘I don’t do it for the money, it’s the history I LOVE!’, find a hoard it all changes, seen it too many times
Title: Re: £300,000 Coin Dispute Post by: Val Beechey on April 14, 2011, 08:12:39 AM I'd take a chance on that Avalon.
Mind you I prob. wouldn't have the same hassell cause most of the time I'm on my own. Just have the Farmer to deal with. Val |