My 3rd SLQ, but no keeper!

[halfdime]

As a result of my presentation to the local historical society, I was offered two houses to search. I began at the second one this morning, and the first coin out of the ground was this no date SLQ. Shortly thereafter, a man came out the back door and said, "May I help you?" I realized immediately that I was in the wrong yard! He was nice about it, and confirmed that the house I wanted was next door. I left and went over to the right house, where the only coin I found in the time I had was a 62D Washington. Not a bad morning. As I searched the right house, a battle between good and bad Halfdime raged; I decided that I would offer the first man the SLQ. It was an honest mistake, and I hate to lose a coin like that, but it was the right thing to do. I told him I'd clean it up and take a picture for the Internet, then give it to him. He was okay with that.

 

[ivan salis]

ah one fact you over looked --it was his property --and thus his coin on his property--true digging on it was a simple and honest mistake---finding his coin--does not make it "yours" since you did not have the "right" to be there in the first place and thus find it---bottom line--it was the other mans property ---both the land and the coin on it---you were wrongfully there and thus have no right to "claim" anything found there--its really very simple--if you took it --you were stealing the other mans property--the fact he didn't know it was there doesn't change the fact that it was his land and thus his coin. so the "right and proper thing" was to apolagize for the "accidential tresspass" and give unto him that which was his--thus "fixing" the wrong that you did --you should not seek to profit from "wrong" actions---the man who returned the coin should he commended for his honest and forthright nature. to do otherwise would not be right---the man who owned the land did not ask him to look ---so why should he lose anything that "belonged" to him and why sould the digger profit by wrong actions --the tresspass and find the coin illegal? would you like to lose something that "belongs" to you --because someone came upon your property (without your permission) and found something and then when you walked out found him told him to leave-- he said well I "found" this so its mine and I'm taking it--would you be o. k.with that? I think not. Ivan