Tim,
 
While I sympathize with throwing them in jail, confiscating their first  
born, and selling their RV for looting archaeological sites, I might point out  
that a federal judge threw out a case of pothunters stealing rock art in Nevada  
because the law enforcement agents (and the archaeologist) could not  
substantiate the value of the petroglyphs as greater than the $800 the  defendant's 
expert witness placed on the items (due to chipping of the art  during the 
theft). My point here is that if the law enforcement people do not  hear evidence 
the looted artifacts are worth $5,000 or more (with proof and an  
archaeologist willing to put a money value down), all we are going to get is the  
equivalent of a traffic ticket at the looting site. I think the looters will  laugh 
their fanny's off, as they slip back into the pit with their shovels and  
pickaxes.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.