I'm not going to Go into Theft or Morality Issues,
This is Not My Style.
I Don't believe I Am your Nanny, or your Owner.
What "I" would do is ask Permission to hunt
and All Though I Would Wrestle with the Idea
of Keeping Quiet on the Cache (Treasure)
I Would Most likely Tell him why I Want to hunt,
also Telling him I Would Expect Half of
any Cache found.
on the other hand, IF They came to me with the Story,
Telling me it was a Relative who Hid it, I would Request all other
finds while Looking (Except Engraved Items)
& Pictures of the Cache with me By it if found
& Would not Turn down a Piece of the Treasure IF Offered.
I Would Also Prefer to do it all on a Handshake
unless the Landowner Brought up Contracts.
bringing up contracts has been known
to scare landowners. and can be broken easier
without guilt then a gentlemans agreement.
IF It's Government Property Forget any type of
Agreement it just won't Happen.
Only Answers they Give That I Know of are:
#1. "There is No Proof it Exists, Prove it First"
WITHOUT DIGGING
#2. "No Digging allowed, this is the Peoples Land"
#3. "WE want to See the Treasure First,
Then we will Decide IF & What you Get.
Small Government : City, State, if you can "Detect"
What you do with What you Find
is your Business so Take Saying
from the Government
Don't ask, Don't Tell
Another scenario which would change everything
would be if it were a conglomerate, or corporation
that owns the land. around here there are a few
corporations that own hundreds of thousands
of acres of land. they buy the land
to make money off it. and the coal rights.
they don't give 2 shakes what's on it
that will not make them money. Most have gone into
the Entrance Fee thing to Use their Land.
the smaller & Friendlier ones will just say
"If you find a Treasure We Split it
"
the Others just Say Pay me $$$ for permit
& You can Detect
IF I Pay $100.00 to Detect Land What I Find is Mine.
only Theft would be if I Took Minerals or Items
you Wouldn't expect to Find while Detecting (Treasure Hunting)
so if it is this type of land,
Pay the User Fee & Enjoy Hunting.
honestly your Own Decisions have to be Made.
& Kept to Yourself if You feel
you will Be Judged for it By Anyone Here.
in most cases I would Just ask to Detect
& Decide After I Find the Treasure.
Unless you Need to Bring in Heavy Equip.
or "Dig a Outhouse"
if
you find one
no extra Details are needed
Yet.
