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Ein Raubgräber hat in Rheinland-Pfalz einen nach Expertenangaben bundesweit einmaligen Schatz mit Gold und Silber aus dem fünften Jahrhundert entdeckt [...] Der Fundort sei bei den unsachgemäßen Grabungen zerstört worden [...] "Durch derartige Raubgräberei entsteht großer Schaden. Nicht nur für die Wissenschaft, sondern auch für die Allgemeinheit". In Deutschland seien Tausende von Hobby-Archäologen mit Metallsonden unterwegs, sagte von Berg. Manche suchten etwas für das eigene Wohnzimmer, während andere ihre Funde illegal verkauften. Der Experte sagte, auch bei dem Barbarenschatz bestehe der Verdacht, "dass ein Teil schon verkauft worden ist". Die Suche mit einem Metalldetektor sei in Rheinland-Pfalz eine Ordnungswidrigkeit, die Entnahme archäologischer Funde ein Eigentumsdelikt, deren unterlassenes Melden eine Unterschlagung und ein Verkauf Hehlerei.Now, if only they had a PAS, eh? Then the site would definitely NOT have been destroyed, would it?
Source: boj/dpa, 'Rheinland-Pfalz: Raubgräber entdeckt Barbarenschatz', Spiegel online wissenschaft 18.02.2014
UPDATE:
Or you can look at: 'Amateur treasure hunter finds Roman gold hoard', The Local Germany's news in English, 19 Feb 2014
Gallery of goodies, look more "steppish" than Roman to me, here.
2 comments:
Barbarenschatz or Barbarian treasure in English I think the English language newspaper needs to brush on its translating.
Possibly the cache of a Franchise?
Do I think a German equivalent of the PAS would of prevented this incident. No, because this was theft and the culprit was using a metal detector whilst committing the crime. Now if the discoverer of this hoard was a hobbyist using a metal detector who is to say he would not of reported the discovery to a German equivalent of the PAS if such a thing existed.
There are good and bad in all walks of life, you only need to read this example from the same page you linked to at Der Spiegel
Just follow the photolinks on the left from your link and you will find this.
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/mecklenburg-vorpommern-archaeologen-entdecken-riesigen-muenzschatz-a-797513.html
Kris...
Well, if you followed the link I gave to a recent post here, you would see that I am not a bit convinced that having a PAS-like system in any country would "of" meant that the site was not trashed by artefact hunting. That is the issue.
It was only "theft" because that's what the law of the Land makes of artefact hunting, he was a hobbyist ignoring the restrictions on the practice of the hobby. The notion of having a PAS-clone in these countries is of course reliant on first lifting such laws.
Merely "reporting" a bunch of pieces of shiny metal you've hoiked out of the ground is not by any means best practice and has little archaeological value. So whether there are "bad eggs" here or there really makes no difference until the real nature of the issue being discussed is recognized.
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