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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

They might as well just require a license for people to go searching for things. And what if the artifact is made of wood?

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Untill someone makes a wood detector I don't think they are worried about it.

The point is that a metal detector is specifically made to find stuff easier, and significantly cuts down on manpower needed to find stuff, increasing the risk of scavanging.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Do they have a license to stop dogs from being trained on the scent of certain materials?

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Nope, not to my knowledge.

I have never heard about that being a problem or even a thing.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Wood doesn't survive from the Viking age to the present

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

What about other materials? I should've been broader than wood, but what if for example it's a gemstone? Not everything is going to be metal I assume.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

If you ever go to a museum and look at what artifacts they have from the dark ages, it's like 99% metal stuff. Just statistical I guess. I think even a gemstone would normally be attached to a piece of jewelry and not just loose on its own. The other big one is pottery and other earthwares, but I guess the idea of that law is to protect whatever they can.

this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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