Freakonomics had an episode on antiquities and whom they "really" belong to, although this doesn't pertain to finding it on your own land: https://freakonomics

Freakonomics had an episode on antiquities and whom they "really" belong to, although this doesn't pertain to finding it on your own land: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-case-of-the-4-million-gold-coffin/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-case-of-the-4-million-g... while the free market generally works, when you have a one-of-a-kind item which could never be replaced and uber-rich people who'd like to lock it up so that no one can see it, the idea of a "fair price" kinda breaks down.