Piegrande:
No problem, most were recovered just north of the border of Panama, in Costa Rica, mostly in land that at one time had been within the Boruca tribe territory. The multi colored item was found farther north.. We also recovered a number of items in Panama, but the museum kept everything....
Richard Ray
Okay, thanks. That is nice stuff. I do understand museums are that way.
Even if you didn't get it in the end, I bet it gave you a thrill to find it.
I thought here in Mexico the government took everything. A cousin said, and I am not sure he is right, if we did ever find any gold, it would be in jewel form, the Aztecs never had ingots. And, therefore the government might take it all, but he believes they have to pay the owner for the half which is rightfully his property. I think antiquities are different. Who knows? I don't spend much time investigating because the odds we will ever find anything are so small.
I think it's like winning a big lottery. Very small chance of finding anything of great value, but we like to joke about it.