I do not know why you afraid of adventure.
You said it's a completely illegal activity.
Why would someone come over to help you commit a crime?
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its completely illegal but always there is way![]()

daggerwood, thanx for bringing #11 to my attention. I'd scrolled back through and missed that. But even if that's true, then would alucard, as a local resident already there, be able to do farmers private land with permission ? Because so too do "dire sounding laws" get bandied around about other countries too (other countries in Europe for example). But upon closer scrutiny you realize/find that they are about public laws about public land. Hence private land is outside the say-so of that.
No different than if someone from Europe or Iran were looking at USA laws, he might be inclined to think that "md'ing in the USA is illegal". Because he's seeing ARPA verbage or reading of Mel Fisher legal hassles, etc.... Yet we all know there's scores of places to md here, so long as you're not snooping around obvious historic sensitive monuments.
G.I.B., where did he say that ? I've looked back over this entire post, and don't see where he said it's illegal.
ok, alucard, it seems your notion "there being a way" is mistaken. If you do end up getting a detector, it seems certain from posts that you will be beheaded. If you get one though, and if a year later you're still alive with your head in-tact, let us know what you found !
Long story short, I think any American looking around for antiquities would draw too much negative attention with all the looting & destroying of antiquities going on in that area. "Adventure" would be an understatement my friend.......Post #11
Not to mention Iran is and has been a country that is aggressively hostile towards Americans for the last 40-odd years. Did no one see "Argo"? Yes, that was a "long" time ago, but who here imagines an American citizen would go unmolested if seen ("caught") metal detecting or digging up antiquities (apply your own random definition - they certainly will), or heaven forbid try to take anything back home ("smuggling").... when it has already been admitted that any metal detecting is considered an illegal activity to start with? Does anyone here even consider this an "adventure"? Gee, who wants to sign up for a trip to North Korea while we're at it? Or I hear suburban Kabul has some really great sites.... permissions are a bit of a booger, though...
Sheesh.
They don't chop off your head or hands or whip you here if you accidentally cross the line breaking the law while detecting..daggerwood, thanx for bringing #11 to my attention. I'd scrolled back through and missed that. But even if that's true, then would alucard, as a local resident already there, be able to do farmers private land with permission ? Because so too do "dire sounding laws" get bandied around about other countries too (other countries in Europe for example). But upon closer scrutiny you realize/find that they are about public laws about public land. Hence private land is outside the say-so of that.
No different than if someone from Europe or Iran were looking at USA laws, he might be inclined to think that "md'ing in the USA is illegal". Because he's seeing ARPA verbage or reading of Mel Fisher legal hassles, etc.... Yet we all know there's scores of places to md here, so long as you're not snooping around obvious historic sensitive monuments.
Are you willing to bet your life on that?They don't chop off your head or hands or whip you here if you accidentally cross the line breaking the law while detecting..
ok, alucard, it seems your notion "there being a way" is mistaken. If you do end up getting a detector, it seems certain from posts that you will be beheaded. If you get one though, and if a year later you're still alive with your head in-tact, let us know what you found !
Iran is under Sharia law, the most strict law in the world today. The penalty for a infidel digging treasure in Iran would be harsh to say the least.