Separate subjects at least a thousand years and they categorically impose with a hammer or allow to settle in private collections. But museums who wish to accommodate the ancient wealth, will have to fork out for a generous remuneration to the one who found them in the unwriting Northern Earth.
Derek Mallennan loves to wander around the Scottish hills with a favorite metal detector in search of curious things. In 2014, he discovered what was subsequently called the Gallowee Conduct - an ardent of ancient objects, more than a hundred artifacts of unprecedented value. Both the treasure detector, and Scottish officials, and local archaeologists turned out to be fairly honest and conscientious people - the treasure was not looted or secretly exported, and for all the rules excavated and studied.
It turned out that the find is international significance.
On the Scottish laws, the award for the treasure is supposed to be only the one who found it, but not to the owners of the earth, as in the rest of the country. Therefore, Derek can count on a remuneration of 1-2 million British pounds, if the museums of the Kingdom have time to collect this amount for six months. This is a privilege, and restriction - if Scotland wants to leave amazing artifacts, you will have to lie. But local historians and archaeologists are simply happy with such a decision of the authorities and have already taken to collect funds.
The value of finding is not that most of the products made of silver and gold, it is cultural and scientific. The millennial treasure allows you to take a fresh look at the relationship between people in those times. For example, among the findings there is a cup of work of the Byzantine masters, gold ingots of a specific shape and even textiles. By themselves, all these things for archaeologists are not new, however, the meeting of such wickers in one place clearly points out - we strongly underestimated trade and diplomatic connections in Europe of the X century. And this is a reason to revise a number of doctrines and deploy an extensive front of work, which was already started in the southwestern part of Scotland.
While the money is going to official remuneration, Derek Mallennan accepts gratitude from the Scottish authorities. The point is not in some millions of pounds, but in the uniqueness of the find and what benefit from it can be extracted. The honest son of his land had a huge service to her - now tourists, treasure seekers, scientists and investors will come here, and the harsh land of Scotland will gradually disclose their secrets.
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