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Similar——finding oil or valuable minerals under your private land.
Just because oil is on your property does not mean you own it. In the U.S. and many other regions, “surface rights” (the dirt and house) are legally separate from “mineral rights” (the oil and gas beneath it).
——FindLaw
If you own the mineral rights: You could potentially lease your land to an energy company for royalties or drilling operations.
If you don’t own the mineral rights: Someone else owns the minerals and has “mineral estate dominance”. They (or an energy company) can legally access your land to extract the oil, though they are required to compensate you for damage to your property.
If it is from striking a pipe or finding a leak then you may have to pay for damages.
It’s a nice find but not exactly a life changing amount. It could buy an economy or maybe midsize new car these days but that’s it.
Hogans heros??
Whenever I find something while mowing, it means I have to take the blade off to sharpen/replace it.
Well, he wont be richer because of this. In Europe, the state gets all found wealth.
Give one to the worker who found them.
WHY do people report these findings?
One has to wonder if he worked for the C.I.A.