If i found an ancient treasure digging a hole in my garden?

Is the treasure mine? or is a state property?

If i found an ancient treasure digging a hole in my garden?
i think that it really depends on what is the kind of it, so if you found ancient materials it really belong to the government and you have got to be extremely careful when you are digging so it will not by useless, but any thing else i think it belongs to youuuu, congratulation!!!
Reply:You have to be really careful. There is always someone who will try to claim that the treasure is some type of national heritage, or belongs under some protected status.





From website below:


"recently the Supreme Court of Indiana affirmed a lower court decision that applied Indiana's archaeological protection law to private property, where a man wished to dig Native American artefacts on his own property although the state required him to seek a permit to do so".





I have heard that it is illegal to own gold bars. So, imagine you dug them up. You would have to find a way to melt them into something else. Also, if you found gold Spanish coins, someone would figure you got them in the ocean, and demand you show proof of where they came from.





If you really find something, DO YOUR RESEARCH. You can always ask anonymously.
Reply:It depends upon what kind of treasure... Is it a naturally occuring mineral deposit? or something someone has hidden from A long long time ago? Either way it is yours if you tell no one.....If its gold or silver minerals, IE from volcanic ages, it belongs to whoever has the mineral rights to that land.....(IF and only IF you make anyone aware of the find)
Reply:The founders keeps...thats always the rule of the jungle.BUT the chances are or the odds of you digging and found a national treasure in your back yard is 2000% nil.Keep on dreaming as ,dreams are for FREE.
Reply:U found a treasure in ur yard??? Yea it should be urs, because u found it. Just because its in state property dosent mean its theirs.
Reply:Belongs to the owner of the property.
Reply:isnt it yours cause you bought the land?