If you find something priceless or worth alot of money do you have to fork it over?

I was wanting to know if you find something worth a lot of money or something that is pricless do you have to give it to the goverment or something? for example lets say you find a treasure chest full of gold and diamonds from the the medieval era do you get to keep what you found or like what if you find a fossil or something don't you get a piece of the pie the reason I ask is because this lady found a painting worth almost 3 million dollars in her attic that had been takin from a affluent jewish family during the third reich and she was made to give the painting to the descendants of the people who it was takin from she didn't get squat because technically it was not hers but she had been having for like 20 years almost.

If you find something priceless or worth alot of money do you have to fork it over?
The legal term for something buried...Like a buried treasure is "Treasure Trove"..


The laws vary from country to country...I believe that as an example if one were to find a cache of ancient Roman coins in the UK..That the Government must come in and either pay you their value or if they have little historical value then they are yours....


In the US if you have the land owner's permission to search and find a long buried stash they are yours........But rest assured that if the value is determined then the Government will at least get a high tax on its value...
Reply:Defiantly. Its not yours to keep.
Reply:Priceless OR worth a lot of money? I suppose it is the right thing to do, even if you don't have to. If someone steals your stereo and gives it to your cousin, should your cousin keep it? Would you think it would be ok if your cousin sold the stereo to someone else and kept the money? Would it not be your choice as to whether to give her a "piece of the pie?"





Why can you spell such words as "affluent," "reich," "descendants," and "technically" when "takin" and grammatical structure in general seem to be a challenge for you?





EDIT: The grammatical structure of my answer is solid, except for my use of a sentence fragment at the beginning of the paragraph; I did that for effect. Actually, upon consideration, perhaps I could edit "seem to be a challenge" to say "are challenging."





You and other readers may ponder over some or all of the questions within my reply, or not. Questions like yours beg for scrutiny; reading and responding to them carefully is not rude.