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I would have done that a long time ago, I would have given things to the museum from the beginning.
But unfortunately, the laws in the country are not arranged as cleverly as, for example, in the UK, so there were no conditions before.
Even today, no new and better laws have been passed, on the contrary; they are still very restrictive... but people's awareness is much better today.
Well, there is a way to indirectly achieve fair cooperation with museums. And that these findings end up exactly where they belong.
For years, I have been hoping and waiting for the day when my country will also adopt better and more advanced laws on this topic.
Because both hobbyists and the state benefit from such laws.
Otherwise, everyone loses.
Hobbyists are denounced in public, they are treated as criminals, and the "gray market" flourishes, and the cultural and historical treasures of this country and people
are looted and disappear through secret channels across the border.
The consciousness of people, especially those in power, is slowly changing for the better.
And it is slowly being realized that the wrong path is to try to ban these activities and eradicate this hobby.
The only correct way is to precisely introduce everything into the legal framework and to legalize the entire story, and
for the state to subsidize archaeological and historical institutions and provide funds for the purchase of such finds from searchers.
In short; to create a legal domestic market with rights and obligations. Exactly the same as it was done in the UK.
I've done a lot of research on the problem and I think the legislators here should just literally rewrite everything from UK legislation on these topics.
Things are still not good, far from it.
We are still treated like criminals.
But in recent years, I have noticed in people how awareness is being raised and how slowly people are starting to understand what the right path is.
Maybe I won't live to see it, but I'm sure that one day this country will have very well regulated laws and that this hobby will become a completely legal and legitimate thing.
As I'm sure 80-90% of hobbyists won't mind such changes.
They will gladly accept to hand over their findings to the state with minimal but fair compensation.
Until then... this is all on a case-by-case basis...
But unfortunately, the laws in the country are not arranged as cleverly as, for example, in the UK, so there were no conditions before.
Even today, no new and better laws have been passed, on the contrary; they are still very restrictive... but people's awareness is much better today.
Well, there is a way to indirectly achieve fair cooperation with museums. And that these findings end up exactly where they belong.
For years, I have been hoping and waiting for the day when my country will also adopt better and more advanced laws on this topic.
Because both hobbyists and the state benefit from such laws.
Otherwise, everyone loses.
Hobbyists are denounced in public, they are treated as criminals, and the "gray market" flourishes, and the cultural and historical treasures of this country and people
are looted and disappear through secret channels across the border.
The consciousness of people, especially those in power, is slowly changing for the better.
And it is slowly being realized that the wrong path is to try to ban these activities and eradicate this hobby.
The only correct way is to precisely introduce everything into the legal framework and to legalize the entire story, and
for the state to subsidize archaeological and historical institutions and provide funds for the purchase of such finds from searchers.
In short; to create a legal domestic market with rights and obligations. Exactly the same as it was done in the UK.
I've done a lot of research on the problem and I think the legislators here should just literally rewrite everything from UK legislation on these topics.
Things are still not good, far from it.
We are still treated like criminals.
But in recent years, I have noticed in people how awareness is being raised and how slowly people are starting to understand what the right path is.
Maybe I won't live to see it, but I'm sure that one day this country will have very well regulated laws and that this hobby will become a completely legal and legitimate thing.
As I'm sure 80-90% of hobbyists won't mind such changes.
They will gladly accept to hand over their findings to the state with minimal but fair compensation.
Until then... this is all on a case-by-case basis...
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