You might imagine that elderly people wearing drooping khaki pants comb a quarter and a misplaced wedding ring on the beaches of the nearest beach. You imagine their metal detectors hum like a crow, and then they knelt down to dig things that could be properly described as chaotic tin cans. However, in Panama, treasure hunters deal with even more impressive things.
Pre-Colombian artifacts - whether textiles, ceramics, metals, bones, leather and stone items - are considered illegal if they are owned by Panama except by government or government officials. Some countries' Stolen Property Act requires that anything [if found] be turned into a government. However, there are thousands of works around Panama, just like people like you and me. They are treasures, illegal treasures, as they are to keep, they are looking for something chilling.
In the inland provinces of Panama, such as Cocle and...
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