Municipality of Opmeer afraid of detection tourism and institutes a ban

The municipality of Opmeer has immediately imposed a detection ban. It is feared that after the unique medieval find, detection seekers will start searching the grounds en masse.

In a message On their website, the municipality of Opmeer announces that it is immediately imposing a total ban on detection searches. The 27 year old West Frisian Lorenzo made the discovery a few years ago.

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The statement reads, among other things: “Detecting the metal find material with a detector is a popular pastime among hobby treasure hunters. To prevent detection seekers from searching private and municipal grounds, the municipality of Opmeer has a total ban on detection without certificate.”

People who ignore the new rule and still search the grounds with detection seekers will face a fine.

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