> What does ownership even mean if the government can force you to do things like this? Ownership is always limited in various ways. Property rights are a soci

> What does ownership even mean if the government can force you to do things like this? Ownership is always limited in various ways. Property rights are a social arrangement, in which the community agrees to recognize and enforce certain exclusive rights for individuals, but under set conditions. One of the conditions of land ownership in the UK is that if you find something of great historical importance, you don't get to keep it. That's a perfectly reasonable arrangement, in my opinion. The idea is that ancient objects such as these coins are the heritage of the entire community.