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Curt,
Knowing Scott Bonis, I am in effect asking "What are you required to do by
local regulations?". I didn't know if such artifacts are protected or of
interest to the archaeologists.

Yes, I find cool fossils in the local rivers. As required by SC law, I have a
license to recover fossils and artifacts and report my finds quarterly to the
state archaeologists. If something I find is of interest to them, they can have
it for 60 days but must give it back if it was legally recovered. Certain
artifacts are protected, and I do not touch them. I have more fun finding
fossils than keeping them, so most of my finds are given to local schools,
collectors, or visiting divers. 

al wells


Curt Degler <cdegler@aq*.co*> wrote:
>Why take archaeologists to the site? They will just tell you to get lost, 
>make you give everything back, close the site, and look at everything from 
>a scientific(boring) perspective. Better to just shovel the crap in a bag, 
>and try and sell the best of it to foreign collectors with a lot of money, 
>so you can buy more cool dive stuff, or maybe stick it in a box in your 
>home (another box) and show it to people and act cool. Be sure to pay off 
>the Maya guys who helped you cause one word from them (or your "buddy") and 
>you will spend a very long and unpleasant time in a hot and humid box 
>trying to understand non negotiable commands in a foreign language from 
>unpleasant people with guns and keys. 

>Just ask that cave instructor in (what's the name of that big nearby 
>island?) and his buddy, the one with those big red arrows. 

>Hey Al, what's the "fossildiver" tag mean? You find cool old dead stuff? I 
>bet its in a box! 

>Curt Degler 

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