TREASURE TROVE LAWS STATE TO STATE

Protecting and preserving antiquities ensures that we can study and understand our forebearers, especially when those physical antiquities are the only link we have. 

If you read the Original 1906 law, it was only intended to protect Native American sites, but that is no longer the case.

It is illegal to recover anything made over 50 years old from Federal land or from the jurisdiction of any state that bases its laws on the US law, whether you get charged with the crime or not.

*Note: Antiquities laws do not apply when recovering items on private property with the consent of the owner. Any items found are at the discretion of the parties involved.

The 1979 Archaeological Act specifically stated that anything under 100 years old was okay to take. However BLM and Forest Service interpreted it to be 50 years old.

International laws exhibit considerable variation, necessitating the engagement of experts in the field when undertaking projects in foreign jurisdictions. 

Lost Treasure Hunter does not want the treasure or the headache, we just want to find it and give it back to the world to study.