Reference for Bava Metzia 19:12
אמר ר' חייא בר אבא אמר ר' יוחנן המגביה מציאה לחבירו קנה חבירו ואם תאמר משנתינו דאמר תנה לי ולא אמר זכה לי:
A labourer's find belongs to himself. This decision only applies to a case where the employer said to the labourer: 'Weed for me to-day', [or] 'Hoe for me to-day.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the work which the labourer is to do for the employer is specified it cannot include anything else, not even finding and acquiring an ownerless object. If the labourer has spent any time in finding and acquiring the object, the employer may deduct payment for the time lost, but he cannot claim the object. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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