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<p>[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 8118392, member: 44106"]I visited the site as well the last time I was in Germany, many years ago. Like [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER], the day I went was overcast and foggy. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. I remember the wooden tower structure from which you could look over the site, and the cavalry-officer's mask. Within the museum they have a display case that must have been 15 feet long that was blanketed end to end with all the coins they found... impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to "licensed metal detectorists", metal detecting in Germany is illegal unless a license is obtained from the state authority. Whatever you find must be handed over to archaeologists. I read somewhere that one of these detectorists found a WWII cache of gold coins but never even got a reward for handing it in. I like the UK's rules better, where the finder and land owner are at least compensated for the value of the finds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 8118392, member: 44106"]I visited the site as well the last time I was in Germany, many years ago. Like [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER], the day I went was overcast and foggy. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. I remember the wooden tower structure from which you could look over the site, and the cavalry-officer's mask. Within the museum they have a display case that must have been 15 feet long that was blanketed end to end with all the coins they found... impressive. With regards to "licensed metal detectorists", metal detecting in Germany is illegal unless a license is obtained from the state authority. Whatever you find must be handed over to archaeologists. I read somewhere that one of these detectorists found a WWII cache of gold coins but never even got a reward for handing it in. I like the UK's rules better, where the finder and land owner are at least compensated for the value of the finds.[/QUOTE]
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