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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3163625, member: 39&quot;]Most German states apply what is called the Schatzregal principle: If you find something valuable, and there is nobody &quot;in sight&quot; who lost it, the public - i.e. the state - is the owner. (The state of Bavaria does it differently, and several states have at least somewhat more generous compensation regulations.) Not sure about Rhineland-Palatinate - where the city of Trier is - in 1993, but these days, if you use a metal detector, you usually have a Monument Protection Board license, learn about the Dos and Don&#039;ts, and cooperate with them. The director of the museum&#039;s numismatic collection, <a href="https://www.muenzenwoche.de/de/page/4?&amp;id=5539" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.muenzenwoche.de/de/page/4?&amp;id=5539" rel="nofollow">Karl J. Gilles</a> (died just a few weeks ago), was part of that pretty good cooperation in Trier by the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: Earlier this year there was a curious case in the state of Saxony (no detector use without authorization, and if you keep/steal a find, you may even go to prison) - the detectorist did not have a license but gave his finds to the local archives in Auerbach. The city was delighted, one of the coins was a so-called</p><p>Pfahlschildgroschen from the area and from the 1400s, partly damaged, not very valuable but still nice to find and have.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the man also informed the state&#039;s Archeological Office - he figured that he would not get a fine then. (Indeed, he was merely asked to get a license and help the archeologists.) The &quot;funny&quot; part is, the A.O. then contacted the city, and the archives in Auerbach had to hand the coin over to the state ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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