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But surely private collections etc is the whole basis for people wanting to go relic hunting in the first place. This is something which is at the heart of the whole issue. If everyone registers his/her private collection, and where possible, how they came by the items in them, it would be a start. This way, no single group could claim to being picked, thus getting rid of the martyr syndrom.

I think I worded this incorrectly - I was shown a private collection with 1,000 unrecorded finds - it was the unrecorded bit I was highlighting, not the fact that its private.