Judge makes thieving Odyssey Marine return stolen goods

		Quote:			Posted by Poseidon-Jim
	I for the life of me, have no idea why you would think of Odyssey Marine as being thieves, for there own discovery and finds?

Actually... it was a court of law in the United States that determined Odyssey Marine was guilty of thievery. As far as myself 'thinking of Odyssey Marine as being thieves'... that's not a issue. I am just reporting the verdict of the trial.


Posted on: February 27, 2012, 11:32:03 PM

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	Fact!

Your opinions are not actually "facts", my Friend  ;o)


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		Quote:			Posted by Poseidon-Jim
	I understand you just reported the verdict of what the US court ruled, its fine mate.

Of course it's fine. And, of course the "losers" are going to whine and bellyache about how the courts were wrong, because the courts did not side with them.

Carry-on with the whining.   )


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they should get a  reward or recovery costs paid they brought the items back to light and now the world can view and study those items that would possibly  have been lost for ever if spain says its their cultural heritage they should thank the ones who found/ saved it for their future generations  since goverments long before current one either couldn't recover /save it or had not even tried regardless of outcome of court  glad they brought it up so folks can see it  it may also help the cultural heritage of the people from the countries that spain took it from as well josey

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And to add Insult to Injury, Check this out.



Spanish Law re Metal Detecting

We all know of detectorists going to Spain who take their metal detectors with them, to "do" the beaches. Most of them don't seem to have any problems, but they could!

If you consult with the Spanish Tourist Office in London their general information sheet states "The use of metal detectors is not allowed unless an import license for the detector has previously been issued. Further enquiries should be made to the Spanish Commercial Office. The Commercial Office in turn will provide the following info (in brief):

Because the use of metal detectors inherantly involves the finding of national heritage/archaeological/treasure trove items anything found by this method of recovery could be covered by the relevant law (Historical Heritage) of 25/06/1985 & Royal Decree of 10/01/1986. It would then be necessary to comply with the complex proceedures outlined in these enactments, making it highly unlikely that any item discovered could be removed from Spain. The consent if given can take several months and if of historical/artistic interest it would be unlikely.

Basically they are saying anything found should in theory go through the appropriate assessment, even current coinage!

There is further legislation unrelated to the historical /cultural aspect which could cause a detectorist problems. The metal detector being used may not comply with radiation safeguard legislation.

Finally if this hasn't put you off. There have be complaints from local Naval authorities that use of Metal Detectors interferes with electronic communications.

These problems relate to both land and beach detecting in Spain.

The official advise therefore, is that is preferable NOT to use metal detectors in Spain.
 


For those of you looking to detect in the Murcia region of Spain the following link to adaptsanpedro.eu may be of interest. There is a group of detectorists who have set up their own group in this area.



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i agree 100%it should be finders keepers     france and other countries will probably try to do the same  i saw one show were they were buzzing their ship with french military hellicopter  even though they were in international waters  if these countries want this stuff  they need to search it out themselves  not take it away from those that have .

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