Pakistan needs a province-by-province or territory-by-territory check. The retained laws regulate archaeological searches and finds, but they do not confirm a nationwide permission for ordinary modern-loss detecting. Start with the regional entry, then check the exact land and recovery method.
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- Anywhere: national heritage lawVaries by siteChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
- Beaches & foreshoreNo verdict yetChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
- Protected monumentsNo verdict yetChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
- National parks & nature reservesNo verdict yetChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
- State forestsNo verdict yetChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
- Private landNo verdict yetChecked against the source Oct 8, 2026
Open in many areas without a permitPermit, registration, or designated beaches onlyProhibited or effectively closed
The rules, land by land
Anywhere: national heritage law
Varies by siteHeritage-search rules depend on the province or territory; ordinary modern-loss detecting is not confirmed nationwide.
- Heritage administration and applicable enactments differ by province or territory. The federal Act is used here for the Islamabad Capital Territory; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have separate captured statutes. This is not a statement that one federal permit opens the whole country.
- The archaeological-search controls concern antiquities and archaeological purposes. They do not establish a general national rule for searching for modern lost objects; permission for an ordinary hobby sweep remains unconfirmed.
- The federal route requires a license for archaeological exploration or excavation. Its rules define exploration to include surface field investigations without digging and require professional competence and a specialist team. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa separately licenses archaeological work with qualification and public-interest provisions; Balochistan licenses archaeological exploration under its own Act.
- Punjab’s amended Act, the full Sindh search framework and Gilgit-Baltistan’s applicable heritage enactment were not confirmed from accessible primary text in this pass. The separate AJK Act also needs its current implementing rules checked. Ask the relevant heritage authority before planning a search.
What the rule says
“No person shall make on any land any excavation or exploration for archaeological purposes”
Keeping finds
Varies by siteFind ownership depends on whether the object is an antiquity, ordinary treasure or someone’s lost property, and on the applicable regional law.
- Federal Antiquities Act section 13A vests buried antiquities in the Federal Government. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa section 22 and Balochistan section 15 instead vest buried antiquities in their respective Governments. These provisions override other law within their applicable scope; the ordinary treasure-sharing procedure is not a promise of a share in buried antiquities.
- The Treasure-Trove Act defines treasure as anything of value hidden in soil or in something attached to it. The Collector investigates claims and may declare it ownerless. Only after that statutory process do sections 10–15 govern delivery or division; there is no immediate finder ownership.
- When one other person claims as owner of the place, the finder does not dispute that claim, and no disposal agreement applies, section 12 ordinarily assigns three-quarters to the finder and one-quarter to that claimant. An agreement, disputed claims, appeals, a money-equivalent allocation or sale can change the procedure. Section 16 also permits Government acquisition for the materials’ value plus one-fifth, before delivery or division.
- Penal Code section 403 separately prevents dishonest appropriation of ordinary lost property. Take reasonable steps to discover and notify its owner and allow a reasonable time for a claim; what is reasonable is a question of fact. The captured provision does not set a universal waiting period or guarantee ownership afterward.
- Heritage rewards are discretionary in the captured federal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan discovery provisions. No uniform reward or ownership rule is claimed for all provinces, AJK or Gilgit-Baltistan.
What the rule says
“the ownership of all buried antiquities shall vest in the Federal Government.”
Reporting finds
Must be reportedTreasure has a written-notice and deposit-or-security duty; antiquity discoveries have separate regional reporting requirements.
- Treasure-Trove Act section 4 requires a finder of treasure exceeding ten rupees in amount or value to notify the Collector in writing as soon as practicable, describing its nature and amount or approximate value, place and date. Deposit it in the nearest Government treasury or provide the security required by the Collector for production. This covers defined hidden treasure, not every dropped modern object.
- Federal Antiquities Act section 5A requires reporting a discovered movable antiquity to the Director General within seven days and preservation during the decision period; hand it over if the Director General decides within seven days of being informed to take it into custody. This federal account is used here for Islamabad, not as a uniform provincial procedure.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa section 10, as amended in 2022, requires immediate notice to the Directorate, no later than seven days, for movable or immovable antiquities, and handover on the Director’s directions. Balochistan section 6 requires notice of a movable antiquity to its Director within seven days and preservation, followed by the statutory custody process.
- Preserve the object and context and seek the competent heritage authority’s directions. Ordinary lost property needs reasonable owner-search and notice steps under Penal Code section 403. No universal police-handover deadline for every modern find has been established here.
What the rule says
“Whenever any treasure exceeding in amount or value ten rupees is found, the finder shall, as soon as practicable, give to the Collector notice in writing”
Beaches & foreshore
No verdict yetA general hobby-detecting rule for Pakistan’s beaches and foreshore could not be confirmed.
- Coastal location does not remove the applicable antiquities law or an archaeological-search license requirement. Balochistan’s archaeological-exploration provision applies on any land within that Act’s territorial scope; it does not establish ordinary modern-loss beach permission.
- Sindh’s Cultural Heritage Act expressly includes coastal areas, but its protections attach to the heritage and designations described in that Act. This is not a nationwide beach-device rule.
- Obtain the responsible land manager’s decision on access and target recovery and check protected-area and heritage restrictions. The regional reporting and ownership duties still need checking.
What the rule says
“It shall extend to the whole Province of Sindh including”
Protected monuments
No verdict yetProtected heritage has strict damage and archaeological-work controls; a uniform detector rule across all protected sites is not established.
- Under the federal Act used for Islamabad, section 19 prohibits damaging, altering or injuring any antiquity except for the Act’s purposes. Section 29 separately licenses archaeological exploration and excavation. Public access under section 31 does not remove those controls.
- Balochistan has its own archaeological-exploration license and preservation provisions. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa licenses archaeological work under sections 60 and 62. Confirm the authority and designation before visiting with a detector.
- Sindh’s 1994 Act concerns notified protected heritage. Section 15 prohibits use inconsistent with its character; section 18 penalizes damage or alteration of heritage maintained by Government or subject to a section 8 preservation agreement. It does not establish a general permission to detect at other places.
- The captured rules cannot be flattened into one detector-specific ban covering every regional site designation. Ordinary sweeping and all applicable local restrictions remain unconfirmed.
What the rule says
“destroy, break, damage, alter, injure, deface or mutilate”
National parks & nature reserves
No verdict yetPark and reserve rules must be checked by jurisdiction; the Islamabad law prohibits ordinary ground-breaking recovery in its national parks.
- Islamabad’s 2024 Act section 12(4)(e) prohibits clearing or breaking up park land for cultivation, mining, residential, commercial or any other purpose, except as otherwise provided by the Act, rules or regulations. It also restricts soil removal and quarrying or collecting forest produce. No ordinary detecting exemption was confirmed.
- The Islamabad warning follows the digging/recovery restriction, not a detector-specific sweeping ban. It is not extended to every national park elsewhere in Pakistan.
- Section 13 closes Islamabad wildlife sanctuaries to public entry subject to rules, with entry exceptions for reducing fire hazards, epidemics, insect attacks or other natural calamities. Public recreation access to national parks under section 12 is subject to the Board’s restrictions.
- Provincial and other territorial park regimes are not covered by this one Act. Ask the responsible park authority about designation, access and recovery before searching.
What the rule says
“clearing or breaking up of any land”
State forests
No verdict yetNo uniform State-forest hobby rule was confirmed; local forest designation, recovery restrictions and heritage controls must be checked.
- Where Chapter II of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Ordinance applies, section 26 restricts breaking up land for any purpose and collecting or removing forest produce in reserved forests after the section 20 notification, subject to subsection (7). Forest produce includes specified soil, sand, stones and minerals. Subsection (7) preserves the specified rights and written activities allowed under standing operating procedures; no hobby exception was verified.
- Where Chapter IV applies, section 33’s protected-forest recovery restrictions depend on the relevant notifications and rules. Reserved and protected forests are not interchangeable categories.
- The retained section 1 exemption, inserted by the 2022 amendment, excludes the merged districts from Chapters II–V for ten years and instead applies the other listed chapters and special Schedule III provisions. Sections 26 and 33 are within the excluded chapters. This is not permission to detect in an exempted district; the special framework and its present local application require checking.
- These provincial provisions do not settle every Pakistani forest or every surface detector sweep. Ask the responsible forest officer about the exact area and proposed recovery method; archaeological-search controls remain separate.
What the rule says
“encroach upon any land, or cultivate any land or clear or break up, or occupy any land for cultivation, or for any other purpose;”
Private land
No verdict yetLandowner agreement does not establish a general right to detect; applicable heritage-search controls and find duties still apply.
- Federal Antiquities Act section 29 requires an agreement with the owner for a license issued to someone else. A landowner still needs the license; subsection (3) says it must not be refused if the owner undertakes excavation that will not lose archaeological or historical material which should be preserved in the national interest. This does not waive applicable license conditions.
- Balochistan section 31 has a corresponding owner-agreement and preservation provision. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa section 62 separately combines its license framework with owner-related terms and preservation provisions.
- Obtain lawful access and agree the recovery method. The captured archaeological provisions do not establish ordinary modern-loss detector permission on private property. Ownership of the land does not override statutory ownership of buried antiquities or reporting duties.
What the rule says
“No person shall make on any land any excavation or exploration for archaeological purposes”
Even where detecting is allowed, archaeological and historic sites are protected, and you must fill every hole and follow posted rules. Always confirm the current rule with the land manager.
Region by region
The national rule above applies everywhere; these are the rules each region adds.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
No verdict yetThe ordinary hobby-detecting rule for Azad Jammu and Kashmir could not be confirmed.
- The captured AJK Antiquities Act 1986 section 30 requires a license for archaeological excavation or exploration on any land and digging for antiquities, with owner-agreement and preservation provisions. Its current implementing rules and ordinary modern-loss detector position were not confirmed. This separate Act is not treated as the federal Act.
Balochistan
Research permits onlyBalochistan requires a license for archaeological exploration; ordinary modern-loss detecting remains unconfirmed.
- The archaeological-search controls concern antiquities and archaeological purposes. They do not establish a general national rule for searching for modern lost objects; permission for an ordinary hobby sweep remains unconfirmed.
- Section 31 licenses archaeological excavation or exploration and digging for antiquities on any land within the Act’s scope. A license issued to a person other than the owner requires an agreement with the owner; a qualifying owner’s undertaking to preserve important material engages the non-refusal clause in subsection (3).
- Section 41 repeals the federal Act to the extent of Balochistan and preserves earlier rules only insofar as consistent and until replaced. The current implementing license conditions and a hobby application route were not confirmed. This classification describes an archaeological-search license, not ordinary modern-loss detecting permission.
- The retained section 1(2) expressly excludes Tribal Areas. The present effect of that territorial exception has not been verified; do not extend this row to an excluded place.
What the rule says
“No person shall make on any land any excavation or exploration for archaeological purposes”
Keeping finds
ProhibitedBuried antiquities belong to the Government under this heritage regime; ordinary modern losses are a separate matter.
- The ownership provision overrides other law within the Act’s scope. It concerns defined antiquities, not every modern dropped object.
- The discovery-custody provision permits a discretionary cash reward; it does not promise market value or a fixed finder share. Follow the reporting and handover procedure.
- The regional detector row’s territorial and coverage limits also apply here.
What the rule says
“the ownership of all buried antiquities shall vest in the Government.”
Reporting finds
Must be reportedReport a discovered movable antiquity to the Director within seven days, preserve it and follow the statutory custody procedure.
- Section 6(2) directs the Director to decide to take custody within seven days of being informed, with handover to the Director or a person authorized in writing. Follow those directions; this is not an ownership award to the finder.
- The Director may pay a cash reward as the Advisory Committee considers fit. No fixed amount is promised. The retained territorial exception in section 1(2) remains a coverage gap.
What the rule says
“movable antiquity shall inform the Director within seven days of its being discovered or found and preserve it for the period specified in sub-section (2).”
Gilgit-Baltistan
No verdict yetThe ordinary hobby-detecting rule for Gilgit-Baltistan could not be confirmed.
- No applicable current heritage-search enactment was confirmed from accessible primary sources in this pass. Do not assume that a federal or provincial license applies here.
Islamabad Capital Territory
Research permits onlyIslamabad Capital Territory requires a license for archaeological exploration; ordinary modern-loss detecting remains unconfirmed.
- The archaeological-search controls concern antiquities and archaeological purposes. They do not establish a general national rule for searching for modern lost objects; permission for an ordinary hobby sweep remains unconfirmed.
- Section 29 licenses archaeological excavation or exploration and digging for antiquities on any land. The 1978 rules define exploration to include field investigation without digging and surface surveys. Rules 3 and 9 require professional competence, a specialist team, scientific work and records; this is not a general hobby permission.
- A license for another person’s land requires an owner agreement. Section 29(3) protects a qualifying owner’s application where excavation will preserve material of national interest; this does not dispense with licensing or the rules.
- The federal agency’s 2017 post-devolution description limits its domestic functions to Islamabad while retaining international collaboration. Its current About page confirms use of the Antiquities Act and rules. Provincial regimes must be checked separately.
What the rule says
“No person shall make on any land any excavation or exploration for archaeological purposes”
Keeping finds
ProhibitedBuried antiquities belong to the Government under this heritage regime; ordinary modern losses are a separate matter.
- The ownership provision overrides other law within the Act’s scope. It concerns defined antiquities, not every modern dropped object.
- The discovery-custody provision permits a discretionary cash reward; it does not promise market value or a fixed finder share. Follow the reporting and handover procedure.
- The regional detector row’s territorial and coverage limits also apply here.
What the rule says
“the ownership of all buried antiquities shall vest in the Federal Government.”
Reporting finds
Must be reportedReport a discovered movable antiquity to the Director General within seven days and preserve it during the statutory decision period.
- If the Director General decides within seven days of being informed to take over the object for custody, preservation and protection, hand it over to the Director General or a person authorized in writing.
- A cash reward is discretionary. The seven-day rule is not permission to continue disturbing the find; it is distinct from the Treasure-Trove Act’s as-soon-as-practicable duty.
What the rule says
“within seven days of its being discovered or found and preserve it for the period specified in sub-section (2).”
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Research permits onlyKhyber Pakhtunkhwa requires a license for archaeological exploration; ordinary modern-loss detecting remains unconfirmed.
- The archaeological-search controls concern antiquities and archaeological purposes. They do not establish a general national rule for searching for modern lost objects; permission for an ordinary hobby sweep remains unconfirmed.
- Sections 60 and 62 require the Director’s license for archaeological exploration or excavation and digging for antiquities. Section 62(2) addresses applicant qualifications, furthering archaeological knowledge in the public interest and Government ownership of finds; section 63 sets additional requirements for foreign archaeological missions or individuals.
- Section 62(3) says a license must not be refused to a landowner undertaking excavation without loss of material that should be preserved in the national interest. It does not remove the license requirement or establish ordinary hobby permission.
What the rule says
“No person shall, undertake on any land any excavation or exploration for archaeological purpose”
Keeping finds
ProhibitedBuried antiquities belong to the Government under this heritage regime; ordinary modern losses are a separate matter.
- The ownership provision overrides other law within the Act’s scope. It concerns defined antiquities, not every modern dropped object.
- The discovery-custody provision permits a discretionary cash reward; it does not promise market value or a fixed finder share. Follow the reporting and handover procedure.
- The regional detector row’s territorial and coverage limits also apply here.
What the rule says
“the ownership of all buried antiquities shall vest in Government.”
Reporting finds
Must be reportedReport movable or immovable antiquities immediately to the Directorate, no later than seven days, and follow handover directions.
- The 2022 wording covers both movable and immovable antiquities. Handover is to the Director or a person authorized in writing, on the Director’s directions for custody, preservation and protection.
- Any cash reward upon takeover is discretionary, decided in consultation with the Advisory Committee. A reporting deadline does not authorize excavation or continued disturbance.
What the rule says
“discovers, or finds accidentally, any movable or immovable antiquity shall inform the Directorate immediately, not later than seven days of its being discovered or found.”
Punjab
No verdict yetThe ordinary hobby-detecting rule for Punjab could not be confirmed.
- Officially hosted environmental legal guidance identifies the Antiquities Act as amended in 2012. Accessible primary text of that provincial amendment was not obtained, so the federal Act is not silently substituted for it.
Sindh
No verdict yetThe ordinary hobby-detecting rule for Sindh could not be confirmed.
- The captured 1994 Cultural Heritage Act protects notified heritage, with preservation and damage provisions. It does not by itself establish a general detector or archaeological-search licensing rule for every place in Sindh.
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A heritage license is not a nationwide hobby pass
The Antiquities Act 1975 is used here for the Islamabad Capital Territory. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act 2016 and Balochistan Antiquities Act 2014 provide separate regional frameworks. The retained Balochistan Act excludes Tribal Areas under section 1(2); the present effect of that exception has not been verified, so its licensing, ownership and reporting provisions below must be read subject to that territorial limit. Do not treat one federal license as permission throughout Pakistan.
The federal Act licenses archaeological exploration and excavation. Its Archaeological Excavation and Exploration Rules 1978, amended in 1989, include surface field investigations without digging within exploration and require professional competence and a specialist team. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has qualification and public-interest provisions; Balochistan separately licenses archaeological exploration. These are archaeological routes, not verified ordinary hobby permits.
The federal owner-agreement rule does not exempt the landowner from licensing. Its qualified non-refusal provision depends on an undertaking that the excavation will not lose archaeological or historical material needing preservation in the national interest. Applicable license conditions remain. Balochistan has a corresponding provision; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has its own owner-related and preservation terms.
Obtain lawful access and agree on the recovery method, then check public-law requirements separately. Land ownership does not override government ownership of buried antiquities or discovery-reporting duties.
Punjab’s amended Act, the full Sindh search framework and Gilgit-Baltistan’s applicable heritage enactment could not be confirmed from accessible primary text in this pass. The captured Azad Jammu and Kashmir Antiquities Act 1986 also needs its current implementing rules checked. Those gaps remain unconfirmed, rather than being filled with the federal rule.
Protected places and target recovery
Federal section 19 prohibits damaging, altering or injuring any antiquity except for the Act’s purposes. Public access does not remove that rule or archaeological licensing. Other jurisdictions have their own preservation and archaeological-work provisions.
The Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act 1994 concerns notified protected heritage. It prohibits uses inconsistent with the heritage’s character and penalizes damage or alteration within the scope of section 18, including heritage maintained by Government or subject to a section 8 agreement. That is not general permission to detect elsewhere.
The Islamabad Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management Act 2024 prohibits clearing or breaking up national-park land for the listed purposes or any other purpose, except as otherwise provided by the Act, rules or regulations. Soil removal and specified forest-produce activities are also controlled. This warning follows recovery digging; it is not a separate ban on a detector sweep or a rule for every Pakistani park.
The same Islamabad Act closes wildlife sanctuaries to public entry subject to rules, with specified entry exceptions for reducing fire hazards, epidemics, insect attacks or other natural calamities. National-park recreation remains subject to the Board’s restrictions. An admission or recreation right does not establish permission to recover targets.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Ordinance 2002 distinguishes reserved and protected forests. Where Chapter II applies, section 26 restricts breaking up reserved-forest land after the section 20 notification, subject to subsection (7)’s rights and written activities allowed under standing operating procedures. Where Chapter IV applies, protected-forest restrictions depend on the relevant notifications and rules.
The retained 2022 amendment exempts the merged districts from Chapters II–V for ten years and applies the other listed chapters and special Schedule III provisions instead. Sections 26 and 33 are in the excluded chapters. This is not permission to detect there: the special framework and its present local application need checking. These provincial forest rules cannot settle every forest or every surface sweep in Pakistan.
A nationwide beach or foreshore hobby rule remains unconfirmed. Coastal location does not remove the applicable archaeological-search controls; Sindh’s heritage law also includes coastal areas within its stated heritage framework. Ask the responsible manager about access, protection designations and the recovery method.
Report finds under the applicable procedure
The Treasure-Trove Act 1878 covers defined hidden treasure, not every dropped modern object. Section 4 requires written notice to the Collector as soon as practicable when the treasure exceeds ten rupees in amount or value. State its nature, amount or approximate value, place and date; deposit it in the nearest Government treasury or provide the security the Collector requires for production.
For a movable antiquity under the federal Act used here for Islamabad, inform the Director General within seven days and preserve it during the decision period. Hand it over if the Director General decides within seven days of being informed to take custody.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s section 10, as amended in 2022, requires immediate notice to the Directorate, no later than seven days, for movable or immovable antiquities. Handover follows the Director’s directions. Balochistan requires notice of a movable antiquity to its Director within seven days and preservation pending the statutory custody process.
Preserve the find and its context and ask the competent heritage authority for directions. Ordinary lost property has a different rule: Pakistan Penal Code section 403 requires reasonable steps to discover and notify the owner before appropriation, with a reasonable time to claim. What is reasonable depends on the facts; no universal police-handover deadline for all modern finds is established here.
Reporting does not make the object yours
Federal section 13A vests buried antiquities in the Federal Government; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa section 22 and Balochistan section 15 vest them in the respective Governments. The ordinary treasure-sharing procedure is not a promise of a share in buried antiquities. Heritage rewards under the captured discovery provisions are discretionary.
For ordinary defined treasure, the Collector investigates claims and may declare it ownerless. Delivery or division follows the statutory process. There is no immediate finder ownership.
Under Treasure-Trove Act section 12, the usual three-quarter finder share and one-quarter land-claimant share apply only when one other person claims as owner of the place, the finder does not dispute that claim and no disposal agreement applies. Agreements, disputes, appeals, money-equivalent allocations or sale can change the procedure. Section 16 also permits Government acquisition for the materials’ value plus one-fifth before delivery or division.
For ordinary lost property, reasonable owner-search, notice and waiting are distinct from treasure or antiquities procedures. Penal Code section 403 does not supply a fixed waiting period or guarantee that the object becomes yours afterward. No single ownership or reward promise covers all provinces, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Sources
Official and statutory sources this page is based on (source check: October 8, 2026):
- Antiquities Act 1975, federal consolidation
- Archaeological Excavation and Exploration Rules 1978, amended 1989, in official legislation compendium, pp15–23
- Government Procedures — Ease of Doing Business, 2017 procedure description
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act 2016, consolidated with 2020 and 2022 amendments
- Balochistan Antiquities Act 2014
- Treasure-Trove Act 1878, Pakistan Code text dated 16 September 2024
- Pakistan Penal Code 1860, section 403
- Islamabad Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management Act 2024
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Ordinance 2002, consolidated with 2022 amendments
- Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act 1994, original Gazette of 30 April 1994, pp46–52
- EPD restructuring legal report, Volume II sectoral guidelines, Archaeological Sites section 1.3
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir Antiquities Act 1986, Act VI, consolidated in Volume VIII, pp231–248
- About Us: federal heritage agency functions and legal framework
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I use one detecting license throughout Pakistan?
- No nationwide hobby license was established. Archaeological requirements differ by province or territory, and ordinary modern-loss detecting remains unconfirmed. Check the regional authority and exact land.
- Can I dig up a target in an Islamabad national park?
- The captured 2024 Act prohibits breaking up park land except as otherwise provided by the Act, rules or regulations. No ordinary detecting exemption was confirmed. This is a recovery restriction and is not extended to every park elsewhere in Pakistan.
- Do I always have seven days to report a find?
- No. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa requires immediate antiquity notice, no later than seven days. Other captured antiquity provisions have their own seven-day procedures, while defined treasure above the statutory value threshold requires notice as soon as practicable and deposit or security. Modern lost property follows reasonable owner-search and notice duties.
- Does a finder automatically get three-quarters of buried treasure?
- No. That share is conditional on the Treasure-Trove Act’s claims and division process. Buried antiquities have separate government-ownership rules, and disputes, agreements or government acquisition can change the ordinary treasure outcome.
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