hopefully Ireland’s government puts out a statement or something to declare that this is an exception seeing that both the farmer and discoverer sent the artifacts in good faith
I don’t know about Ireland, but in Germany ‘treasure hunting’ with a metal detector is prohibited as well. Artifacts residing in the ground are property of the state, unlike in e.g. England where afaIk they belong to the land owner. Additionally, ‘treasure hunting’ destroys the archaeological find situation, as the metal artifacts are digged out usually no proper documentation is done while destroying the placement an organic surrounding artifacts.
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It may be an anti-looting measure. If you are caught artifact-hunting without a permit, it’s assumed you were doing it for profit.
that makes sense
hopefully Ireland’s government puts out a statement or something to declare that this is an exception seeing that both the farmer and discoverer sent the artifacts in good faith
I don’t know about Ireland, but in Germany ‘treasure hunting’ with a metal detector is prohibited as well. Artifacts residing in the ground are property of the state, unlike in e.g. England where afaIk they belong to the land owner. Additionally, ‘treasure hunting’ destroys the archaeological find situation, as the metal artifacts are digged out usually no proper documentation is done while destroying the placement an organic surrounding artifacts.