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    From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 8 21:48:50 2023
    (not sure if I've managed to get somehow barred from this group ?)

    Saw a story about the possible recovery of some gold from the (US !)
    civil war.

    https://apnews.com/article/civil-war-gold-fbi-dig- pennsylvania-6b5feca00ebf3e04638a8bbce992809d

    Apart from any laws pertaining to the archaeology, am I naive to think
    there should be no question of provenance ? Surely this is government
    property and that is that ?

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  • From Roy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 11 22:17:53 2023
    On 10/8/2023 9:48 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
    (not sure if I've managed to get somehow barred from this group ?)

    Saw a story about the possible recovery of some gold from the (US !)
    civil war.

    https://apnews.com/article/civil-war-gold-fbi-dig- pennsylvania-6b5feca00ebf3e04638a8bbce992809d

    Apart from any laws pertaining to the archaeology, am I naive to think
    there should be no question of provenance ? Surely this is government property and that is that ?


    The story is pretty thin on real information. A lot of that area is
    National Forest which means the US Government owns it.

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 12 15:27:15 2023
    According to Roy <montanawolf@outlook.com>:

    https://apnews.com/article/civil-war-gold-fbi-dig-pennsylvania-6b5feca00ebf3e04638a8bbce992809d

    The story is pretty thin on real information. A lot of that area is
    National Forest which means the US Government owns it.

    It says:

    He's now seeking to partner with the Pennsylvania Department of
    Conservation and Natural Resources, which owns the land, on a new
    excavation in Dents Run. Parada, his lawyer and top officials from the
    conservation agency plan to meet later this month.

    There might be an argument between the federal and Pennsylvania
    governments about who owns it. How long does it have to be abandoned
    before the state can escheat it?

    But unless the treasure hunters had a prior agreement with the Feds, it
    looks like they're out of luck.

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