[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Why do these people even open their mouths after such a find? Take the best of the lot and have it appraised by an expert. Then slowly sell them to anyone interested. And don't reveal the location where found.

But I guess jumping up and down yelling "Eureka!" is more satisfying.

[Political Junkie Too]

I think some people are more pleased with having their name associated forever with discovering a national treasure that is being displayed in a premier national historic museum for future visitors to see.

There is a certain pride associated with knowing that one advanced the knowledge of their country's history.

-PJ

[Carriage Hill]

Once the gov’t hears about the find, they’ll take 97%.

[Beowulf9]

Doing that loses all archaelogical information.

[CFW]

One of my neighbors heard that a meteorite had struck in our county in the 1940s. He researched old copies of our local weekly paper and from its reporting found it seemed to be on the land he currently owned. So he searched and found an indentation on his farm that looked suspicious.

Next he found a piece of weird looking rock and took it to a specialist to see if it was a part of a meteorite. It actually was and the rock is now in a museum on display. Unfortunately, he didn’t find any gold to go with it. There is also a rumor that a wagon of gold disappeared in our county en route to Savannah back during the civil war. We are still looking but thus far all we have found on our property is an old horse shoe. LOL!