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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 301009, member: 8033"]Interesting point and I'm not saying I agree with detecting in a graveyard. However, if you really look at this statement it says you don't have the right to do what you want with your own property. Granted, most of us don't have cemetaries on our land (at least that we know of).</p><p><br /></p><p>Expand this further to "surrounding property". This says to me that one can't even go into ones backyard in the suburbs with a metal detector without the permission of the person that lost the coin you might find. Think about it. If he happens to find an 1815 Half Dollar, for example, is the original owner going to claim it? Are the owners descendants going to pipe up with "my great, great so and so on yada yada always wondered where that coin went."</p><p>If you see a quarter laying on the sidewalk do you pass it up because you know the "rightful" owner will come back to retrieve it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am, by no means, condoning "grave robbing". I would suggest a ton of research at the local library, online etc. Know what you're getting into BEFORE you do anything. Still it's your property so it's ultimately up to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>What may follow may follow and Cloudsweeper99 has pointed that out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 301009, member: 8033"]Interesting point and I'm not saying I agree with detecting in a graveyard. However, if you really look at this statement it says you don't have the right to do what you want with your own property. Granted, most of us don't have cemetaries on our land (at least that we know of). Expand this further to "surrounding property". This says to me that one can't even go into ones backyard in the suburbs with a metal detector without the permission of the person that lost the coin you might find. Think about it. If he happens to find an 1815 Half Dollar, for example, is the original owner going to claim it? Are the owners descendants going to pipe up with "my great, great so and so on yada yada always wondered where that coin went." If you see a quarter laying on the sidewalk do you pass it up because you know the "rightful" owner will come back to retrieve it? I am, by no means, condoning "grave robbing". I would suggest a ton of research at the local library, online etc. Know what you're getting into BEFORE you do anything. Still it's your property so it's ultimately up to you. What may follow may follow and Cloudsweeper99 has pointed that out.[/QUOTE]
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