User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-87.194.184.21-20101206164743

I couldn't give a straight and absolute answer for 7), but I think that perhaps a motive for treasure hunting exists even without some form of monetary system. To use an example, the phrase "money is no object" (eg. when wishing to purchase an item no matter the cost) would seem to imply that - if BJ's characters are similar to humans - at times the beauty of an object outways its value: perhaps a motive for treasure hunting?