Seriously, government taking what amounts to a treasure hunter's treasure should richly reward the hunter! I mean, it's not like these lazy sods were out looking for it, or even knew it was there. Without this girl, it would still be in the ground, likely never to be found....
Exactly !
of course socialist countries might think differently
If your hard-earned money, land, children, bloodstream, etc. doesn’t really belong to you but the “people”, gobmint, society, the “future” then why should get to profit from your discoveries and treasure?