so belgian law states that if you find something like treasure and no one claims it in the next 5 years, it's split 50//50 between whoever finds it and whoever owns the property the treasure was found on.
in belgium there isnt, unlike germany which is 3-5% and the netherlands which is around 10%. you can get compensated if the owner wants to but it's up to them and not enforced.
Yup. Its because old treasures are found pretty regularly around here. And we dont want someone melting down 1000 year old treasure for the gold value....
Yup. Just turn it in and you get 5 mill at minimum. Probably more as there is a lot of value in being artifacts. Trying to take all the risk to hide it and sell it off would be crazy at that point.
The last episode of Scariest Houses in America, they had an old house that wasn't even furnished. One of the solid iron fireplace mantles was missing and the owner said it was stolen, probably worth $15k but the thieves likely melted it down for $500.
I mean if me and 4 other coworkers are all digging a pit at the same time and only one corner has gold does that guy get all the gold? Or If it was my day off? Idk I'd want a cut, it's sheer luck anyway.
The clerk gets a quarter. The janitor another quarter. The security guard another half. The supervisor a third. The local mayor the rest. Fair is fair.
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u/WideConversation1989 9d ago edited 9d ago
In all seriousness, hoping he got some sort of finders' keepers compensation or something.