OLD LOOT LAWS

Someone’s doing some work on your property. They find a cache of buried gold coins. They claim it for their own. Do they have a right to it? “Idaho Supreme Court will soon hear a dispute pitting media mogul Jann Wenner, the owner of Rolling Stone magazine, against  a construction worker who discovered a cache of gold coins buried on Wenner’s land near the Sun Valley resort area. The worker made his claim based on the ancient common law rule of treasure trove, which awards title of an artifact to the finder, be he looter or archaeologist.” Is this fair? – Archaeology Magazine