Wyodrębnione są trzy rodzaje poszukiwań: okazjonalne, naukowe i zawodowe. Oto (tendencyjnie

Casual Collection:
- Collection of meteorites is limited to certain public lands. (...)
- Individuals are limited to collecting what can be easily hand-carried, up to a maximum of ten pounds of meteorites per individual, per year;
- Only surface collection of meteorites using non-motorized and non-mechanical equipment is allowed (metal detectors may be used)
- Casually-collected meteorites are for personal use only, and may not be bartered or sold for commercial purposes.
Scientific and Educational Use:
- Individuals or institutions intending to collect meteorites for scientific research or educational use must obtain an Antiquities Act permit through a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Office
- Meteorites collected under permit must be curated in an approved repository(...).
Commercial Collection:
- (...) meteorites may be commercially collected by individuals possessing a land use permit issued under the authority of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). Land use permits are issued by the local BLM office.
- The applicant must pay an application fee, a purchase price based on either a unit price or a percentage of the fair market value of the removed material, and a reclamation fee as appropriate.
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Courts have long established that meteorites belong to the owner of the surface estate. Therefore, meteorites found on public lands are part of the BLM?s surface estate, belong to the Federal Government, and must be managed as natural resources(...).
Całość tekstu tutaj: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regula ... 2-182.html
Komentarz: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/10/ ... -unveiled/
Nie wiem jak wygląda struktura własności gruntów w Stanach, ale sam fakt wzięcia się za poszukiwaczy nie wróży chyba dobrze. Przykład pójdzie dalej? Wzrost cen majaczy w oddali?

Może nie.