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Treasure Hunters with Metal Detector: Curse or Blessing for Research?

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A Roman silver treasure has appeared in Lower Saxony, excavated by an illegal prober. Dr. Henning Hassmann explains why such excavations are a problemGEO: Dr. Hassmann, near Borsum in the district of Hildesheim, a private prober excavated a silver treasure from the Roman period in a forest piece eight years ago, but only now reported it to the authorities. What does this mean for you as a regional archaeologist of Lower Saxony?Dr. Henning Hassma…
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A Roman silver treasure has appeared in Lower Saxony, excavated by an illegal prober. Dr. Henning Hassmann explains why such excavations are a problemGEO: Dr. Hassmann, near Borsum in the district of Hildesheim, a private prober excavated a silver treasure from the Roman period in a forest piece eight years ago, but only now reported it to the authorities. What does this mean for you as a regional archaeologist of Lower Saxony?Dr. Henning Hassma…

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geo broke the news in on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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