Ya know my first thought was how is he going to benefit from this. He dug, He found and state is gonna take. Man I want to live in china.
wasnt it hitlary who said were going to have to take things from you.
His reward is to get a shiny new shovel to do his digging, to show the appreciation of the Chinese govt. Gotta feed the dragon, man.
this is the same as in England.
It is called treasure trove. It basically states that certain types of found treasure is so historically important that best owned by the people of Britain.
There is a difference in that The Government of Britain does pay for the found treasure. Not as much as it might be worth on the open market, but nothing to sneeze at.