MD laws in Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia?

[probe]

I am going to Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia 1 week each for vacation and I want to bring my detector. Does anyone know the laws regarding metal detecting there, or where I can find such information?

Best regards,
Probe

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

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But of the 3 countries you list, it only has Lithuania. Thus restricting the conversation to just that one location, and looking closely at that text: You can see that it only applies to cultural or historical artifacts. Notice it doesn't define what (how old or valuable an object must be, etc....) to qualify as being old or cultural. Thus if you were plying the beach for modern tourist losses (jewelry, etc...), it most certainly would not apply. And in countries as old as Lithuania, it's possible that coins 100 or 200 or more years old wouldn't be considered "old" or "historical". Heck, in Britain, they get disgusted when they find coins that are *only* from the 1700 or 1800's as nuisance "new" stuff, haha. And let's be serious: is there anyone following you around with a calculator, doing the math on the ages of stuff you find ?

Bottom line is: it's not forbidden, as long as you're not looking for, or finding, "cultural" or "historical" stuff. Then presto, you're only looking for new stuff, right? And I had to chuckle at the consequences it lists: a "warning" for violations. Then a fine, but doesn't say how much.

Also be aware, that it is entirely possible that such laws apply to, of course, public land. They are public laws for public lands afterall. Therefore you could conceivably hunt private farmers lands, with permission, till you're blue in the face (helping him to find that ring his wife just lost afterall), and be outside the scope of such laws, since it's private land. That's what they do in England too afterall, where .... there too .... all resources under the ground, belong to the queen just like this Lithuania language. Yet you'll notice no lack of md'rs in England. And notice they're hunting private farmers lands 99% of the time.

As for the other two countries, I don't know. But even if you did find dire sound verbage, it might have the same resulting logical conclusions. Or be things, for example, meant to address raiding pyramids, exporting gold bars, public land (obvious sensitive historic monuments), etc.... Yet not apply to private-land with permission, or modern objects, etc....

 

[tintin_treasure]

Hi Probe

I just want to remind you that the so called Lost Napoleon treasure..i.e. the large treasure hoard that he amassed from moscow might have ended in or around Vilnius in Lituania in his historic and terrible winter retreat and disaster,,some legends also refer the second city Kaunas with napoleon treasure and other treasure legends.You can check it out.I post you one link on the subject of Vilnuis in connection of Napoloen treasure.One thing is for sure,a big treasure hoard had left Moscow but it did not reach Paris.

http://voiceofrussia.com/2010/11/26/35693683/

regards
tintin_treasure

 

[maipenrai]

After the Soviets left Estonia, things were pretty free, no Soviet law, and Estonia was still working out their system. There was a guy from TN, that did pretty well, detecting in Estonia, and just carried out the silver, when he left, but now things are much tighter, so forget Napoleon's treasures.

 

[ACduCE]

Think MD'ing must be VERBOTEN in a big way there because it seems like every East European with a MD is here in Spain. In Spades!!!!!