To Keep or not to Keep.

  If it's found on Occupied Private Properties you tell them or your the Pirate.   End Game.

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I "found" a purse in the middle of the street one night and when I went to pick it up, it started scooting across the street.  Thats when I saw the fishing line and heard the giggles from the bushes.  Busted!

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Here is an addendum to the "to keep or not to keep" post. I found it on Wikipedia.
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property are categories of the common law of property which deals with personal property which has left the possession of its rightful owner without having directly entered the possession of another person. Property can be considered lost, mislaid or abandoned depending on the circumstances under which it is found by the next party who obtains its possession.

The rights of a finder of such property are determined in part by the status in which it is found. Because these classifications have developed under the common law of England, they turn on nuanced distinctions. The general rule attaching to the three types of property may be summarized as: A finder of property acquires no rights in mislaid property, is entitled to possession of lost property against everyone except the true owner, and is entitled to keep abandoned property.[1] This rule varies by jurisdiction.[2]

I think is sounds quite reasonable. So finding a buried coin in the park follows the "lost" category. That is unless someone threw it into the park intentionally.

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A bad day at gold prospecting or metal detecting is better than a good day at work.

		Quote:			Posted by nickel_n
	They call them wishing wells around here I never understood why someone will throw away a perfectly good coin hopping his luck will change

We have them fountains here too. For the most part people leave them alone (including me). I think that would constitute a theft because the parks or wherever they are located use the coins to help with the maintenance costs.

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A bad day at gold prospecting or metal detecting is better than a good day at work.

		Quote:			Posted by ArfieBoy
	When I was a kid I used to pull the "moving wallet" or dollar bill on people.  Everyone laughed it off.  It was great fun!

Were you that kid?

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A bad day at gold prospecting or metal detecting is better than a good day at work.