Wreckdiver1715 please help.

[Sand Digger]

I'm turning to you because I see you have allot of experience in our area. With the new law in Florida saying we cannot remove anything from the ground more than 50 years old what happens when we find one of those gold dubloons that "no one finds" under an inch of water at the edge of the surf after a storm outside of a leased area? I also presume that this law doesn't count for under water if we can subcontract for Fisher or other co.'s What is the legal process if we find one of these coins on top of the sand after a storm or how can we claim the find if we can when and if we find one? I didn't find one but am just curious.

 

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[wreckdiver1715]

Sand Digger; The repeal of the isolated finds program has left us with more questions than answers. Under that program the State of Florida declared that anything found on the beach was finder?s keepers because it would be of little archeological value.
Most of us that beach hunt, maintain that coins found on the beach are still finders keepers for the following reasons. 1. If was of little archeological value under isolated finds, it is still of little archeological value. 2. The State has more coins than they know what to do with just rotting away in the old jail house in Tallahassee.
Unfortunately, this will some day have to be challenged in state court in order to get a clear picture concerning beach finds. In the mean time, I am continuing to consider all beach finds as finders keepers, just don?t talk about it publicly, unless you want to be the one to challenge it in court.
As for those of us that also hunt underwater, well I am afraid that the law is clear and if it is older than 50 years old we are required to leave it on the bottom, and secure a recovery permit before we recover anything. Basically, this is the same as it was before the isolated finds program went away.

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