Do coin finds have to be reported?

And as I've said many times, we don't even own the land our homes are on. How can anyone think that anything of value found ANYWHERE in this country could not be confiscated?

 

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You keep Anything and everything as long as you have permission from the land owner.
Like others have said, don't worry about the little nickel and dime stuff.
If you find buried treasure, waggon spill, someone's old coffee can of coins, they are probably long gone and buried by now.
Enjoy your new found FORTUNE.

 

Yeah I know if it's on private land that is true.

But I sometimes go metal detecting on the beach and on public land that belongs to the government not an individual.

I'm sure there has to be some sort of law or ordinance that requires reporting certain finds I just can't find anything through Google about it.

 

Don't sweat the small stuff.
The .gov doesn't report the findings elected people happen to come across.
You pay taxes, your using public land that belong to the public.
Carry on...

 

But then you are saying nothing found on public land needs to be reported?

What about stuff that could change or add to our knowledge of history?

I’m wondering where that line is.

Have you ever heard of the Lost Colony of Roanoake? It’s a fascinating mystery.

If someone found evidence that could help solve the mystery shouldn’t it be reported?

 

When you find something that you cant carry back to your car in one trip...come here, report back, we'll advise you your next move.
How's that?

 

Will do!

Next weekend I’m going detecting where there is rumor that a Union Army camp was setup during the Civil War.

It’s not a park or any sort of attraction currently but it is public land. They have a lot of hiking trails through the area.

My thoughts are that a few things must’ve been left behind when you have thousands of men together like that on the move. Maybe a coin or two. Or maybe a belt loop. Stuff like that.

 

Find out what the regulations are for detecting in that area!

Which Metal Detector do you own?

 

Some of the problem with these type of finds is converting them to cash.

 

Converting coin finds to cash ? Sell them at coin shows for cash only transactions, eBay, auctions and even sell them to LCS's

 

I just remember something in my past when I was eleven. My father had recently been transferred to Ft Bliss, Texas. We were moving from Ft Ord, California. My father loved to take us on site seeing tours on our treks through the lower 48. On our way, we stopped at the "Painted Desert". As we entered the park, there was a sign to "Look, But Don't Touch." I was eleven and didn't believe that signs were for me, so I picked up a "fossil rock" which was actually a million years old tree that had petrified. It was small enough that I put it in my pocket, never thinking a thing about it. I think I was 15, when I finally told my father that I had the "petrified" rock/tree." My father had been in the military and fought in WW II and Korea and had a firm belief that anything the government told us to do, we were supposed to do. I was a "flower child" then and I didn't think anything the government told us. Anyway, I was told I had to write a letter to the Government Park Service over the "Painted Desert" and apologize to them and put the "rock" in a box with my letter and mail it back to them. I wrote the letter (which my father corrected and I had to write it over, with the corrections) and found a box for the "rock" and letter and mailed it. I couple of months later, I got a letter from the Park Services and a box with the "rock", telling me that they weren't missing any rocks and that I could keep it. I was afraid to show the letter to my father. Anyway, he took the rock and disposed of it somehow. I've kept a journal since I was about 14. I had put the letter in it. I spent a week trying to find out where the rock was. In the mean time, my father was transferred to South Korea. We were moving to Indiana, so we had to pack all of our stuff to get ready for the movers... and guess what I found in my father's sock drawer... the "rock" (and a condom, which I threw away). The moral of all of this is to keep a "lid on it" and don't go through your father's sock drawer.

 

Years ago I was traipsing around Luxembourg visiting medieval castles etc and was hiking up a hill in the city and kicked up a clump of dirt and saw a spearpoint peaking out. I picked it up and tried turning it into the museum there, they basically said "cool find, we aren't interested" and that it was about 1100-1200 years old. So I still have it, an interesting item from Luxembourg's history that they weren't that interested in. Wonder what they would have thought if it was a "Mouton d'or" in gold?

 

Somebody should forward this message to the cast and crew of The Curse of Oak Island.

 

Read this interesting article. https://time.com/10118/california-gold-coins-finders-keepers-john-mary/
A great day for their daily walk.

 

THERE AE THOSE THAT WANT FAME, AND THOSE THAT WANT WEALTH, I WANT TO BE Un=NKNOWN AND WEALTHY, SO QUIETLY SELL A FEW HERE AND THERE TO LCS, EBAY AUCTIONS ETC....edited

 

SSS

Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up

Wait... coins. Let's make that Sort, Store, and Shut Up.

Of course it would be different if I knew or had an inkling who the rightful owner was.

Found valuables is tough because I was raised to "do the right thing," but you never know if the person you contact to help will. I once found a heavy gold mens' ring on the floor of a Fred Meyer. Didn't know what to do so I stupidly took it to the customer service desk and told them. For all I know they pocketed it right there. As much as I wanted to keep it, in that case I knew someone was looking for it.

 

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I watched that show for nothing. Did those brothers and all the rest of the men involved in the search? Were they paid by the channel that aired the program. There had to be an easier way for to search. How much money did the brothers put into the search?
Now they are airing something like, "After Oak Island". Now what are they doing in that stupid program.