Hello All - Some finds from a short trip out today near Mons. This is a Gallo Roman coin...
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Wouldn't have done you much good unless you like breaking the Law. It's illegal, mostly due to the amount of WWII ordnance laying about.
Crusader: The laws between Flanders and Wallonia (2 of 3 'entities' in Belgium) differ w/specifics - but neither make detecting illegal. In the law there are provisions, more strict in Wallonia, but its not against the law. That's the law in theory. I've detected all over Belgium and, in practice, with permission of the land owner (if you can find him/her) you can detect anywhere expect a) scheduled archaeological sites, and b) fields in which the owner of that field is at the wheel of a tractor plowing said field - and you're in his way. Just as an aside -- metal detecting the First World War sites in West Flanders (e.g Ieper) is just too painful -- WAY too much iron, shell fragments and shrapnel in the ground....
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Wouldn't have done you much good unless you like breaking the Law. It's illegal, mostly due to the amount of WWII ordnance laying about.
..... I've detected all over Belgium and, in practice, with permission of the land owner (if you can find him/her) you can detect anywhere expect a) scheduled archaeological sites, and b) fields in which the owner of that field is at the wheel of a tractor plowing said field - and you're in his way....
http://inc-cin.org/assets/pdf/articles/laws-belgium.pdfAnd isn't this so typical. Once anyone ever reads that some place is "illegal" (like to have read Crusader's post, without anyone coming on to correct it like kbmarcus did), then it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to quell. Pretty soon, links lead to links, all pointing to each other saying "such & such is off-limits". Meanwhile, old-timers are scratching their heads saying "since when?".
Then in order to "clear it up" (ie.: "clarify") whether it is or isn't illegal, guess what happens next ? In order to put an end to the question, someone will take the knee-jerk reaction which is to .... doh .... ASK ! Sounds simple enough, eh ? So they go asking bored desk-bound bureaucrats. Who in turn pass the "pressing question" on to purist archies, and then guess what happens ?
So reading the Law, whats your response?And isn't this so typical. Once anyone ever reads that some place is "illegal" (like to have read Crusader's post, without anyone coming on to correct it like kbmarcus did), then it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to quell. Pretty soon, links lead to links, all pointing to each other saying "such & such is off-limits". Meanwhile, old-timers are scratching their heads saying "since when?".
Then in order to "clear it up" (ie.: "clarify") whether it is or isn't illegal, guess what happens next ? In order to put an end to the question, someone will take the knee-jerk reaction which is to .... doh .... ASK ! Sounds simple enough, eh ? So they go asking bored desk-bound bureaucrats. Who in turn pass the "pressing question" on to purist archies, and then guess what happens ?
So reading the Law, whats your response?