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Great news from Belgium – law related to metal detecting will change in Wallonia!
This news has yet to be confirmed by publication in official government policy document but it looks like from the 1st of June 2019 metal [more]
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Swedish detectorists fight for change in laws
Metal detecting laws in Sweden are not fair Land owner permission alone is not enough to allow the use of metal detectors in Sweden. Home [more]
European biggest metal detecting event of 2018 has taken place in Holland
DETECTORWORLD has taken place in Zuidbroek in the Netherlands, over the course of two days. Thousands of metal detectorists from all over the World, some with [more]
Battlefield of Grunwald project started again in Poland
Some beautiful and important artefacts were found over the last few days on the site of Battlefield of Grunwald, one of the biggest battles fought [more]
New activities on MEDEA platform
New platform for registering metal detecting finds in parts of Belgium – MEDEA – is going from strength to strength. There are already some interesting [more]
New metal detecting database established in the Netherlands.
Free University of Amsterdam and Dutch Ministry of Cultural Heritage have created a database of portable finds from the Netherlands. Database called PAN – Portable [more]
Detectorists from Sweden, Denmark and England search for historical treasures in Poland
The hunt, organised by Robert Bytner, detectorist, history lover and our colleague from Swedish metal detecting club SMF – Sveriges Metallsökarförening, took place in Rzucewo [more]
Metal detectorists and archaeologists meet during a special event in Belgium
It was the first time that Belgian metal detectorists and archaeologists met during an official event, which aimed to present finds and positive impact of [more]
MEDEA – online platform for metal detecting finds launched in Flanders.
The 11th of February marked the official launch of the “MEDEA” platform. Previously, this project was in a testing phase and only a select number [more]
North Sea Area Finds Recording Group
Denmark, England, Flanders and the Netherlands are among the most progressive areas of Europe in terms of mechanisms to record archaeological finds found by members [more]