Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Girly_Shrieks t1_itjljlz wrote

This is really neat. I want a piece of history like this for myself but I'm no Indy.

27

CurlySuefromSweden t1_itjr4es wrote

It belongs in a museum!

35

vbcbandr t1_itjqf0a wrote

Indy always puts them in a museum though...

13

MeatballDom t1_itjwzk6 wrote

There are replicas designs based off of real finds that you can buy online fairly easily.

8

Girly_Shrieks t1_itncg6s wrote

Yeah but is that really the same as a five hundred year old amulet that someone crafted by hand?

0

Anticrepuscular_Ray t1_itjv2tb wrote

Archaeologists don't get to keep these things for themselves.

7

rbajter t1_itkbzvn wrote

No one in Sweden does either. They are automatically owned by the state and you need to hand them over to the local authorities as soon as possible to avoid legal troubles.

13

SeleucusNikator1 t1_itqfgy9 wrote

I wonder how old something has to be in order to be classified as a cultural relic owned by the state. How do you draw the line between "family heirloom great-grandpa gave me" and "artefact"?

1

rbajter t1_itrgi7x wrote

Anything older than 1850 found in the ground.

1

FrightenedTomato t1_itlxrmb wrote

Why don't you try collecting coins?

Coins are common enough that even quite old coins can be had for cheap.

1

Girly_Shrieks t1_itncczv wrote

Eh I tried it. While it is neat holding a two hundred year old coin and pondering where it's been it's not for me.

1

FrightenedTomato t1_itne1s2 wrote

But you did want a piece of history in your hand. This is probably the only possible way I'm afraid.

Unless you're like stinking rich.

2