I do not subscribe to your assertion that what I find on my property is not my own, unless there is a specific law to the contrary. Maybe some of the laws regarding artifacts have gone too far. For decades now there has been a feud between archeologists and those who buy and sell. In the latter case I personally have no time for thieves but an item legitimately bought or sold should not be impeded by laws that obviously are the products of political correctness. On Antiques Road Show often one sees Indian relics and items from other cultures. Some allegedly were bought. Who really knows whether an item from the Ming dynasty was taken without compensation or whether a pair of moccasins from the 1850s was bought or stolen? Insofar as I'm concerned case closed. GMF On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:39:26 -0500 "Pamela Berger" <berger@netstream.net> writes: > I don't know why the topic should be "incendiary." What do you > mean "is > it a part of 'political correctness?'" The fact that artifacts may have been found on "one's own property" has little meaning--in the long view such artifacts are part of the cultural heritage of all of us.