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Are Finders Keepers?

Actually they are not. I've always been terribly dissapointed with Indy Jones - he finds treasure and he never claims it for his own. Ditto with Nancy Drew (who by the way is so annoying with her model citizen act, calling the authorities after discovering ancient treasure). Well one guy on some Gold Prospectors forum was mightily peeved over ownership rights of found gold and vented his frustration thus -

A)They would come under the antiquity laws.
B)They would come under national treasure laws
C)They would come under normal treasure laws.
D)They also would be under normal mining laws.
E)They could come under native repartition laws also.
F)Some how, the Jesuits could have a claim too.


I say, what is the point of breaking your back while trying to find The Dutchman mines or Oak Island's money pit, when you actually cant keep the gold? I mean isn't that being dumb? I know the journey is all exciting and yadayadayada but isnt that like saying something dumb like "I work for free cuz i love my job".

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Anonymous said…
Well, just to make a point - I think they do :) If you watched (which you claimed vociferously that you did ) National treasure, in the last scene the hero's sidekick, while revving his new Ferarri says that he ain't happy with his 1% cut of the treasure :) To think of it, do you think Mr. Ford's entire travel budget is funded by his salary as a professor? :)
22 Sept 2008, 02:52:00
raj said…
It has a greater meaning sometimes..! :)
22 Sept 2008, 18:08:00
raj said…
And, I just discovered on the news tonight that America's growing fav hobby is walking around wid Metal detectors.. God. Hopefully that will put to rest the faint hopes of Model citizens and the likes! Now who wants to give it away when Gas is comfortably trailing the $4 mark! :)
26 Sept 2008, 14:41:00
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