Detectorists Jailed over Viking Stash

[Mr.Bishie]

Detectorists jailed for stealing £3m Viking hoard

10 years & 8 1/2 years!!! Fuck me, you get that for armed robbery of a bank!

“Judge Nicholas Cartwright said they had "cheated" the public.

Sentencing the three defendants at Worcester Crown Court on Friday, the judge told them they had "cheated the farmer, his mother, the landowner and also the public".

How’s that fucking work then? Why have I been cheated? Greedy fucking landowners, & their mothers of the State.

Finders keepers losers weepers!

 

[blairsh]

It's was probably that Simon & Garfunkel.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Wut?

 

[blairsh]

Detectoists reference, sorry

 

[brogdale]

Made me chortle...a few more times than it should have!

 

[baldrick]

Meh. Essentially priceless historical artefacts have been sold off for much less than their worth along with all the information that could have been gleaned from a properly conducted archaeological dig. Those items could have been saved for public display and added to the body of knowledge which we have about that era. There may have been new information, but we won't know as the site is destroyed and most of the haul is gone.

Also if they'd reported it as they should have done, the rules about treasure would have made them rich men. So I can't get angry about two extremely fucking stupid people doing something extremely fucking stupid and getting punished for it.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

10 fucking years inside?? Fuck off lol

 

[Spymaster]

Meh. Essentially priceless historical artefacts have been sold off for much less than their worth along with all the information that could have been gleaned from a properly conducted archaeological dig. Those items could have been saved for public display and added to the body of knowledge which we have about that era. There may have been new information, but we won't know as the site is destroyed and most of the haul is gone.

Also if they'd reported it as they should have done, the rules about treasure would have made them rich men. So I can't get angry about two extremely fucking stupid people doing something extremely fucking stupid and getting punished for it.

They've got more time than many rapists get.

Fucking ridiculous.

 

[Serge Forward]

Pair of cunts. Harsh sentences though. I expected a fine.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Meh. Essentially priceless historical artefacts have been sold off for much less than their worth along with all the information that could have been gleaned from a properly conducted archaeological dig. Those items could have been saved for public display and added to the body of knowledge which we have about that era. There may have been new information, but we won't know as the site is destroyed and most of the haul is gone.

Also if they'd reported it as they should have done, the rules about treasure would have made them rich men. So I can't get angry about two extremely fucking stupid people doing something extremely fucking stupid and getting punished for it.

I agree with this. Also, sentences are absurdly harsh and disproportionate.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Meh. Essentially priceless historical artefacts have been sold off for much less than their worth along with all the information that could have been gleaned from a properly conducted archaeological dig. Those items could have been saved for public display and added to the body of knowledge which we have about that era. There may have been new information, but we won't know as the site is destroyed and most of the haul is gone.

Also if they'd reported it as they should have done, the rules about treasure would have made them rich men. So I can't get angry about two extremely fucking stupid people doing something extremely fucking stupid and getting punished for it.

I agree, but ten years is ridiculous. You can kill someone and get less jail time than that.

 

[neonwilderness]

It's was probably that Simon & Garfunkel.

 

[Proper Tidy]

If I found £3m of old shit in a field I'd try and flog it without declaring it too tbh. Nobody will miss it, it won't cure cancer, world will keep turning. Fucking right I'd want the money.

 

[SpookyFrank]

If I found £3m of old shit in a field I'd try and flog it without declaring it too tbh. Nobody will miss it, it won't cure cancer, world will keep turning. Fucking right I'd want the money.

You still get paid if you declare it.

 

[Pickman's model]

I agree, but ten years is ridiculous. You can kill someone and get less jail time than that.

It's a fair sentence imo

 

[Pickman's model]

If I found £3m of old shit in a field I'd try and flog it without declaring it too tbh. Nobody will miss it, it won't cure cancer, world will keep turning. Fucking right I'd want the money.

If I found a ton of money in your garden you'd surely expect me to cut you in on any proceeds

 

[Spymaster]

If I found £3m of old shit in a field I'd try and flog it without declaring it too tbh. Nobody will miss it, it won't cure cancer, world will keep turning. Fucking right I'd want the money.

You wouldn't be able to shift it for anywhere near its real value without getting a provenance and that would mean declaring it. If they'd done it legit they'd have still made a good few quid. Greedy cunts deserve to go down but not for 10 years.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

If I found a ton of money in your garden you'd surely expect me to cut you in on any proceeds

But you’re not some fat fucking landowner with gout swimming in money anyway. Or are you?

 

[Proper Tidy]

How much would they have got if they'd have handed it in?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If I found £3m of old shit in a field I'd try and flog it without declaring it too tbh. Nobody will miss it, it won't cure cancer, world will keep turning. Fucking right I'd want the money.

After reading this thread, I think I would declare it.

 

[Sweet FA]

Fuck them. There was a ton of knowledge there.

 

[Pickman's model]

But you’re not some fat fucking landowner with gout swimming in money anyway. Or are you?

I just paddle

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Fuck them. There was a ton of knowledge there.

So you’re happy with the sentencing?

 

[ruffneck23]

Hmm greed and stupid is what’s done it , but 10 years is a bit harsh , if your name was hrh Andrew you’d just lose the hrh

 

[Sweet FA]

So you’re happy with the sentencing?

Happy, no. They're greedy pricks who had an absolute touch then thought they could have more. So fuck them.

 

[Spymaster]

How much would they have got if they'd have handed it in?

They'd have had to split any money paid for it with the land owner but it would've also gone through a lengthy process of inquests and offers to museums etc.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Thing is this stuff had been in ground for a thousand years or whatever and it would have stayed in ground if they hadn't found it so this lost knowledge stuff doesn't really make sense to me

 

[Proper Tidy]

They'd have had to split any money paid for it with the land owner.

See that makes no sense really does it, landowner bought some land to farm or whatever, presumably within the last century or two, what's his cut for?

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Happy, no. They're greedy pricks who had an absolute touch then thought they could have more. So fuck them.

Ok, I’ll rephrase it. Do you think the sentencing was disproportionate?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

How much would they have got if they'd have handed it in?

According to this website, potentially loads. A museum values the stuff and offers you a reward based on its valuation, which is based on anticipated auction price.

Memorandum on Valuation of Treasure

I don't quite understand why they did what they did tbh.