What is a finder?
Locator, finder, tracer, heir-finder, collector, investigator, researcher and broker are all names for individuals who seek out owners of unclaimed property in Indiana and other states. Functioning as a finder is legal, but consumers should know that finders generally charge a fee for this service. According to Indiana law, finders may charge up to 10 percent of unclaimed money as payment for locating lost assets. Finders may also mail postcards and letters asking up front for fees. In most cases, after paying these fees, the citizen will receive a list of the state’s Unclaimed Property Division’s offices or paperwork to be completed and mailed to the Unclaimed Property Division.
A finder is a small telescope with low magnification (typically x8) and wide field (typically 7ยบ) that is piggy-backed on the main telescope tube, with which it is aligned. It usually has a cross-web or other reticle in the eyepiece, thus facilitating the centring of an object in the field of view, and thereby aligning the main telescope to that object.
