Enigmachina t1_iu9jnau wrote
Reply to comment by Collins08480 in Bronze Age gold belt with 'cosmological' designs unearthed in Czech beet field by quiver03
To be fair, they're more likely going to get more from a museum than from selling the actual gold
No-Elk9791 t1_iu9v051 wrote
More likely for the museum to claim it as a historical artifact and give him nothing. They don’t pay for artifacts. They’re thieves who justify their larceny with that “it belongs to the world” bs.
FireITGuy t1_iuab3ki wrote
This depends a lot on the local laws about artifacts. In most of the world it would belong to the landowner. Museums may try to strongarm their way into preserving it, but most of the time they have no legal authority.
Collins08480 t1_iuaiqef wrote
I know in the UK they are required by law to report all finds. But i don't know if they get anything for it. It really depends on the country.
No-Elk9791 t1_iuacq47 wrote
That has quite literally never stopped them before.
Collins08480 t1_iu9twdh wrote
I hope they do get something for it.
Krydtoff t1_iuam368 wrote
In Czechia, you will actually got something like 10% of the actual price or even less, and if you find it with a metal detector, you won’t get anything. Believe me, I had found many things that are now in museum and didn’t ever get anything
brickhamilton t1_iubi5mx wrote
Wait, how do they know if you’ve used a metal detector? Can’t you just tell them you didn’t?
degotoga t1_iubntwp wrote
It’s probably pretty obvious in most cases. Hard to explain why you’re digging holes in random locations
brickhamilton t1_iubotlw wrote
It just seems you could say it was poking out of the ground or you found it in a stream or you were planting a garden or anything else, really. They might have evidence that’s not true, but I think that’s unlikely. Why even have a metal detector rule like that?
degotoga t1_iubzh5a wrote
It’s to stop treasure hunting for profit. So while that might work once you probably wouldn’t get away with it a second time
Potatobender44 t1_iueeahf wrote
Why would you want to stop people from potentially unearthing cool historical artifacts? I would think you would want to incentivize it
degotoga t1_iuesw25 wrote
The idea is to incentivize trained scientists through grants while discouraging amateurs and treasure hunters. In most cases the latter can do more damage than good. See Egypt as a case study
Krydtoff t1_iuf4uk3 wrote
This will sound like a joke, but if you find something and want some money from it, they will make a commission that can call cops to investigate your home and if they find anything resembling metal detector or other historical finds, you might end up paying them and go to a court
Krydtoff t1_iuf54v4 wrote
Or and example like me, you find something that isn’t worth that much, you give it to the museum and they have you in their database, so if I ever were to find something by chance without metal detector, I still wouldn’t get anything
die-jarjar-die t1_iub23ih wrote
It belongs in a museum! Along with all the other world's treasures we've decided also belong in the museum! Admission for non members is 29.95!
Fatshortstack t1_iuaokmg wrote
I doubt it. Hope I'm wrong though. Definitely the right thing to do.
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