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Message:: [QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 860665, member: 23874"]I see harm in it if items are being taken from an individual's private property.  In most normal instances in the U.S., if an item is on a individual's property - buried for the sake of this discussion - that item is also their property.  In most cases I am rather sure that hoards and miscellaneous coins/valuables would fall into this category. Property rights are taken very seriously by folks here.  In my opinion, I believe that the definition for what is "private property" in the U.S. differs from what is generally accepted and defined in many other countries.  In my opinion, property ownership is more socialized in some countries (for a lack of a better word) than the U.S. There are documented cases where that has occurred.   Statutes which stipulate when the use of deadly force can be employed are primarily defined at the individual state level.  That means that from one state to another the definition may vary legally, and under what actions an intruder takes which can legally enable a property owner to justifiably (under the law) use deadly force.  There are 50 states in the U.S.[/QUOTE]