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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 574716, member: 6370&quot;]If some had their way they would outlaw the private ownership of all portable antiquities (often defined as something 100 years + but more often leveled towards collecting ancient artifacts) worldwide. In some aspect the US is a bit restrictive. There are places where hunting for treasure is downright outlawed and you can be arrested for having a metal detector in your car (Chattanooga Battlefield Park being just one)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some are so rabid they would rather destroy common antiquities such as shards of amphorae than to release them for sale as it would encourage the practice of collecting antiquities. Some countries simply say anything found under their territory is &#039;culturally important&#039; be it the most common Constantine coin to the most rare artifacts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The UK has some of the most fair laws regarding this and such laws, IMO, should be supported, encouraged and emulated all over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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