Who owns the treasure you find?

[huntsman53]

It takes a little more than good eyesight to keep them in the black... as I'm sure you know. It also takes practice, dedication, and MONEY! When I was working, the dept only gave us 5000 rounds per season. I re-loaded 15,000 to 18,000 every year to keep in form. Today, that's a part time job.... just for ammo! The last time I did Camp Perry, I shot 85% from the 500 yard berm. And that was with glass. I don't think open sights are in my bag anymore. TTC

So true, so true! My Dad taught me to always make every shot count and don't miss because ammo costs money and I grew up fairly poor. When squirrel hunting, I took 25 squirrel with 25 shells and this was the same for most anything I hunted. Dad never got to watch the movie "The Patriot" but he was more like Mel Gibson's character than he would have even known and taught me to "Aim small, miss small"!


Frank

 

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[TerryC]

So true, so true! My Dad taught me to always make every shot count and don't miss because ammo costs money and I grew up fairly poor. When squirrel hunting, I took 25 squirrel with 25 shells and this was the same for most anything I hunted. Dad never got to watch the movie "The Patriot" but he was more like Mel Gibson's character than he would have even known and taught me to "Aim small, miss small"!
Frank

Yes. Most miss that buck because they aim at the shoulder. They should be aiming at a spot about the size of a postage stamp... on the shoulder. ... aim small, miss small. TTC

 

[hvacker]

I would like to know what I might find was safe and ok to own. A lot of people that have something they think is illegal to have often make mistakes. Criminals are often arrested because they TOLD someone what they did. Blood simple. For some reason the hidden things become known. Jail house confessions.
I would guess few here could keep a secret of a small find let along something big. The odds just don't show that. Even a wife if a marriage ends in divorce. Her lawyer will want her end and your secret's out.
I can see this pursuit becoming harder in the future. Even recently no one cared or even knew much about meteorites before the tv made a show out of it. Now dredging restrictions, detector prohibitions, agencies making up their own interpretations of rules making us feel like criminals.
It's going to get worse I think.
Our Gov doesn't have a problem if your a corporation. They will grant you a lease and you pay them a royalty and you can keep the rest. We need rules/laws that afford citizens the same rights. Does anyone know what hoops to jump to have the ability to keep what we find in peace?

 

[Cochisz]

Ignorance is no excuse for not following the law...