sandy1
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Something that was brought up recently on another thread about somebody selling a Gold Bar that was found in the ocean (sunken treasure) and the comment was that the owner didn't seem concerned about the government while selling his gold bar.
This should be Obvious to most people but since I guess it isn't then I will explain it, when your salvaging treasure from the ocean in international or whoevers waters your in, then the laws are completely different then when your digging up treasure on American Grounds, the Antiquities Laws govern what is dug out of the ground and anything manmade over 100 years old is government property as well as being an Archaeological site on BLM Land, and each state has different state laws such as Arizona claims anything over 60 years old on its State lands, so obviously digging up an archaeological site is something that is very illegal, in other words the gold bar itself is not as illegal as the site/tunnel/hole it came from. (So if you find a vault with treasure in it I would suggest not letting anybody tie the treasure to the vault it came from)
This is also the reason that selling a gold bar that comes from an underground manmade vault/archaeological site on BLM Land or State Land is considered Illegal because under the antiquities laws it belongs to the government or state therefore your selling their property.(But lets not forget that they have a vested interest in keeping the treasures for themselves)
(As a personal Note) The first question everybody will ask you when you go to sell your treasure and by far the most dangerous is (where did you get that from)
This should be Obvious to most people but since I guess it isn't then I will explain it, when your salvaging treasure from the ocean in international or whoevers waters your in, then the laws are completely different then when your digging up treasure on American Grounds, the Antiquities Laws govern what is dug out of the ground and anything manmade over 100 years old is government property as well as being an Archaeological site on BLM Land, and each state has different state laws such as Arizona claims anything over 60 years old on its State lands, so obviously digging up an archaeological site is something that is very illegal, in other words the gold bar itself is not as illegal as the site/tunnel/hole it came from. (So if you find a vault with treasure in it I would suggest not letting anybody tie the treasure to the vault it came from)
This is also the reason that selling a gold bar that comes from an underground manmade vault/archaeological site on BLM Land or State Land is considered Illegal because under the antiquities laws it belongs to the government or state therefore your selling their property.(But lets not forget that they have a vested interest in keeping the treasures for themselves)
(As a personal Note) The first question everybody will ask you when you go to sell your treasure and by far the most dangerous is (where did you get that from)
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