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Milly should be able to keep or sell what she found, if it was her land. If a museum or government wants these things, then they can go find them themselves on
by ponow 5y ago
Milly should be able to keep or sell what she found, if it was her land. If a museum or government wants these things, then they can go find them themselves on their own land. This socialization of individual efforts is maddening.
- andylynch 5y agoThat's not really how archeology works... the idea is to preserve a shared history and ensure discoveries are properly recorded. Also worth pointing out if something is deemed treasure, an independent valuation is made. If the museums concerned choose to make an acquisition they pay the landowner and finder the value of the find. If they don't, it's returned to the finder or landowner.
- francisofascii 5y agoI think landowner should get some compensation for a find, but I think it would be maddening if the landowner was entitled to anything found on their land. It is not like the Ax belonged to the landowner or was created by the landowner.
- gamerDude 5y agoWhy not? If a company buys land because they think oil is below it, are they not entitled to the oil? It definitely wasn't created by or previously belonged to the oil company.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThat turns out to be a rather interesting rabbithole. Land rights, mineral rights, and rule of capture are suggested terms for exploration. Much of the law has firmer foundations in tradition than any consideration of science, empiricism, justice, or merits.
- panzagl 5y agoIn the western US it is common for mineral, oil, and water rights to be separated from occupation rights to land.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoThat's not how land ownership works in many places. You don't literally own the land and anything placed upon it, you own the right to do specific things with the land.