Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure (650 years old)

Associated Press ^ | April 22, 2011 | GEORGE JAHN

[Godebert]

"Was the Spear of Density included in the find?"

They found that one behind the desk in the oval office.

[arrogantsob]

Ah, the good ole days.

[decimon]

Yeah, I didn’t post those cuz they’re AP photos.

[azhenfud]

"Is this finders keepers?"

Here in America, many states have antiquities laws foisted upon us by archaeologists' influencd lawmakers who have placed a cut-off time limit for finds, after that length of time, the find becomes property of the state without any "finders' fee".

My state, NC, has set that limit at 100 years. If an item is or believed to be 101 years old or more, it is the state's.

[arrogantsob]

I like the Spear of Density better.

Too, bad Trevor Ravenscroft is dead.

[Godebert]

"Austria is the only european country that allows you to keep what you find. You turn it in, it’s cleaned, authenticated, and catalogued, and then it’s yours."

Guys with metal detectors have been digging this stuff up for years and selling it on ebay. I recently bought a batch of dirty crusty bronze Roman coins from some guy in Slovenia. There are literally tons of Roman treasure still buried across Europe.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

I think a Spear of Density would be a better weapon. ;-)

[Inyo-Mono]

Here in America, many states have antiquities laws foisted upon us by archaeologists' influencd lawmakers who have placed a cut-off time limit for finds, after that length of time, the find becomes property of the state without any "finders' fee".

Here in the rural West where most land is Federal land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), anything over 50 years-old is a relic. So if I threw an empty Coke bottle out into the desert from the window of my Dad's Buick back in 1960, I could now be arrested for going back to pick it up.

[sevinufnine]

In Virginia if you dig it up on your own land it is yours, period. Sadly..that even includes GRAVES found on your land..they become YOUR PROPERTY. I know this because one was pillaged by the “church” who bought a portion of our family’s land. I assumed a church would keep in intact and had feared a developer would destroy it. Well, the church dug up the bodies and hauled them away and kept the Civil War era hand carved headstones. I tried for 3 yrs to do anything about it to be told...Sorry...they bought everything and anything when they bought that land.

Oh well....

[dog breath]

That is some serious loot, the story of how it got there would be interesting. Robbers and rulers often one and the same.

[decimon]

That is some serious loot, the story of how it got there would be interesting. Robbers and rulers often one and the same.

I guess that burying your stuff was all you could do back then. A lot of good that did when one group or another came through slaughtering whoever was there.

[MsLady]

How cool is that???

[decimon]

How cool is that???

So cool I could stand some chill myself.

[stylecouncilor]

"You are my density."

[BuckeyeTexan]

Those things might be valuable to someone but they “sho’ is ugh-lay!”

[SunkenCiv]

I wish you had a DeLorean Time Machine so you could go back and change that post.

[Pharmboy]

Oh geez...sorry...did not know.

[malkee]

I wish we could see more pictures.

[Perdogg]

I actually wish I had Delorean. I wonder if there are any around to retrofit with modern electronics and a new engine.

[bannie]

“Spear of Density”
I predict a new phrase in FReepin’ Lexicon.

Congratulations, Perdogg!