Treasure Laws in Philippines

...... Phils govt gets 30% of treasure finds on private land and 50% in public lands and the ocean.    Land owners expect 30%.   unmarked gold bullion is best find, then coins and unmounted gems.

however, any find that has significant historical or archelogical value must be turn over to phils bureacrats who will then decide how much finder's reward will be.

However, only a filipino citizen will be allowed the license to search for treasure, good for a year.
 . ... and by filipino law,  landowner ship (if u buy the land with the buried treasure) must be at least owned 60% by a filipino citizen.

ought to search the internet .... and see if these regulations are still the same as Dec 2007
 
if u r wealthy and interested in participating in sometime that could be as spectacular as the Yamashita legend, then reply to my other posts.

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well, Mr Christian where is your reference to back up your claim that foreigner can hold filipino treasure hunt license ??

here is one of my references  from 

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"Treasure Hunting No Longer Free In The Philippines"

December 26, 2007 10:28 p.m. EST Benjie Telleron - AHN News Writer

Manila, Philippines (AHN) - It used to be that thousands of Filipinos and foreigners would search the islands, spurred on by myths of Japanese World War II plunder. For decades, fortune seekers have traveled to the archipelago in search of hidden riches stolen by Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and allegedly hidden across the island nation.

However a new edict by Environment Secretary Lito Atienza will place all treasure-hunting activities under the watchful eyes of government regulation to protect the nation's natural and cultural heritage.

Atienza said only Filipinos citizens will be allowed to conduct treasure hunts, and will be required to pay for a one-year permit from the Department of Natural Environment and Resources and post a surety bond, regardless if the hunt takes place on public or private lands.

The directive also banned treasure hunting from sites with cultural value, including ancestral domains and significant caves.

The government will have ownership of all finds found to have historical value, and a committee will determine what to pay the finders for the treasure.

 

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not understand how alittle more of something might help people's progress.
!) the local gets to sells a small parcel of land to  prospective treasure hunter at large mark up price
2)employment: need those who can help dig, though lol wages, likely big bonus later as this group pledges so
3) phils government gets much share (30% or 50%) of loot, where after they can sqaunder on the locals, if they dont just pocket it themselves
4)landowner gets a big share (30%), if they didnt already sell out
5) any dug up cultural artifacts belong to phils per law anyway
6)expect this present group to recondition the land back to original, except for then newer man made mountains (gotta put excavations somewhere)
7) expect the gold bullion to not carry any mint markings, so no one can tell its history, anyway, gold always changes hands over the erons

you got risk money?  find out more  ww2treasure-gold@yahoo.com

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	I read a lot on Yamashita treasure but what if you find some? Can you keep it or will the government take it all? What are the laws in the Philippines on treasure? Regards, Alain

Usually it is FINDERS KEEPER and worry later how you will disposed your treasure. If it is a national treasure it is best to report it to the Phil. Gov't. or you go direct to jail.
If it is Yamashita treasure you better keep it with full secrecy, melt the gold and divide the loot among your group and sell it to local gold buyers in small quantity one at time.
having a permit or no permit is just the same. It is better not to get any permit if you are a small fry TH. If you want a permit you must have the backing of a high gov't. official or the military and do not forget the rebels if the area is critical.
Anyway one or the other it is a matter of life and death, Rebels, Military and the greedy Gov't. people will take it away from you and leave you penniless or six feet under ground.

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     Last time I checked, Treasure Hunting Permits is only issued from the Palace, 3 days seminar and a fee for the permit and while digging, a government rep is on site to make sure the Government gets its share and that's 75% for the government and 25 % for the one with the permit, thats only when digging on government land. If you find the treasure, the government will take all and will give you 25%, if you,re lucky. For private lands, the government has no claim, you have to deal with the land owner and of course the politicians in the area.
     Is it for Filipinos only, then why is it that the Japanese and the Koreans are digging all over the island, because they bribe Malacanang Palace . Japanese nationals will go over someplace in the island, pretend to build schools and such, meanwhile they dig at night and when they get the object, they will disappear and the school is left unfinished. Or they will lease a property, build a structure over the treasure site and disappear after they have recovered the treasure, but then they were only going for the easy finds, not the major sites. Ever heard of the landslide that demolished homes and killed a bunch of people in Antipolo and they blamed it on a swimming pool up the hill to have caused it. My nephew worked for those Japanese and when they got to the treasure chamber, everybody was told to leave except for their selected people. Even now he is working for those Japanese nationals and they have his mother in their custody so he will not go out of hand and he is scared because the Japanese that he works for belongs to the Japanese Mafia.
      There are laws and laws in the Philippines but its meant to be broken and the lawmakers are the ones that's breaking it, they think they are above the law and they are, they get away with anything. You ever wondered why the road builders in the Philippines are Japanese or Koreans, keep thinking, one of these days you're going to nail it.

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