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der Finderlohn
   reward (for finding sth), finder’s fee

150.000 Euro Finderlohn für Ötzi: Nach jahrelangem Streit zeichnet sich eine Einigung über die Höhe des Finderlohns für die Eismumie ab.
150,000 euro finder’s fee for ['ice man'] Ötzi: After years of dispute, a settlement concerning the amount of the finder’s fee for the ice mummy has been reached.

(German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon discovered the 'ice man' in the Ötz Valley near the Austrian-Italian border in 1991. Initially offered only a 5000-euro reward, the couple fought for 17 years to get a higher finder’s fee. Helmut died in a mountain accident in 2004. - Most European countries, including Austria, Germany, and Italy, set a legal amount for a finder's reward, ranging from 5 to 25 percent of the found object's value.)

Related Words:
der Finder finder
das Fundbüro lost and found (office)
die Fundsache found article, lost property; discovery, find (archaeol.)

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