[SunkenCiv]

Beit Shemesh man caught while prowling archaeological site with metal detector; found to have immense trove of currency, necklaces, seals, arrowheads and more at his home. Coins confiscated from a suspected antiquities thief's home in Beit Shemesh, December 2014 (photo credit: Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

[Beowulf9]

He’s not just a thief. He robs the world of the knowledge of these sites. These guys really bug me.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Isn’t this the same kind of thing Indiana Jones did?

[DesertRhino]

Coins from that era are not really that rare. Like arrowheads, I think its better for them to be with regular people who really would enjoy it, and show em off to their friends, than locked away in a file cabinet to realistically never be seen again.

The truth is, most artifacts wind up in an Indiana Jones warehouse. Where the hell did we get the idea that only a professional archaeologist has the right to go look for things of the past?

This damn society denies people the simple pleasure of taking a metal detector out, or wandering around looking for arrowheads.

[Disambiguator]

“They belong in a museum!”

[warsaw44]

The coin top left in the box is Byzantine Empire.

[toomanylaws]

Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
I won’t weep and I won’t moan
‘Cause I found you and your love so true
And I’m keeping you for my own

Heads I win or tails I lose
I bet my heart to win your love
The day you kissed me, good luck was with me
And I thank my lucky stars above

I’m not the kind
To play for fun
I only play for keeps
And I’m keeping all the love I won

Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
The loser has to pay the score
He lost you and I found you
And I’m keeping you forevermore

I’m not the kind
To play for fun
I only play for keeps
And I’m keeping all the love I won

Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
The loser has to pay the score
He lost you and I found you
And I’m keeping you forevermore

He lost you and I found you
And I’m keeping you forevermore
Yeah, he lost you and I found you
And I’m keeping you forevermore
He lost you and I found you

[plain talk]

Sorry. I have no problem with people collecting arrowheads and coins in the dirt. Everytime I hike I keep an eye out for arrowheads and if when I find one it’s mine.

[vetvetdoug]

If it was an archaeological site then bust him. I support metal detector enthusiasts on private land because some of them find items that are historically significant and helpful to the professional historians that can interpret them. I live on Civil War earthworks and a battlefield and the hunters add to the area's history all of the time with their finds. Now hunting on the NP or NPS property is a big no-no.