Three treasure hunters nabbed with over 1,000 antiques

[snoop1130]

 

Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) officers have arrested three treasure hunters and seized over 1,000 antique items, some of which are thought to be over 1,600 years old.

 

Four metal detectors, which were used by the gang to look for artefacts buried underground at archaeological sites, have also been seized.

 

Many of the confiscated antiques were displayed to the media during a press conference held at the CIB headquarters Monday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/three-treasure-hunters-nabbed-with-over-1000-antiques/

 

-- Thai PBS 2023-09-04

 

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[fondue zoo]

 

Indochina Jones!

 

[pedro01]

What laws did they break?

[Pouatchee]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Four metal detectors, which were used by the gang to look for artefacts buried underground at archaeological sites,

 

1 hour ago, pedro01 said:

What laws did they break?

probably protected areas. 

glad these guys got nabbed. do the crime be ready to do the time. but nice to see they found some nice things.

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, pedro01 said:

What laws did they break?

 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Four metal detectors, which were used by the gang to look for artefacts buried underground at archaeological sites, have also been seized.

Finders keepers was not allowed.

[PETERTHEEATER]

20 hours ago, pedro01 said:

What laws did they break?

Using metal detectors to locate ceramics. Not allowed.

[billd766]

3 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Using metal detectors to locate ceramics. Not allowed.

How can you detect ceramics with a metal detector?

 

https://www.quora.com/Do-metal-detectors-detect-ceramic#:~:text=Ceramic objects are made up,detected by a metal detector.

 

The truth is that metal detectors do not detect ceramic objects because they are non-metallic. Ceramic objects are made up of non-metallic material such as clay, stone, and sand which are not detectable by metal detectors.

Metal detectors detect only metallic objects which are made up of metal alloys. So, a ceramic object cannot be detected by a metal detector.

However, the presence of ceramic objects in an area can be detected by metal detectors indirectly. This is because when a metallic object is placed near a ceramic object, the metal detector will detect the metallic object.

 

 

[jacko45k]

On 9/5/2023 at 6:23 PM, billd766 said:

How can you detect ceramics with a metal detector?

They detect all the old coins, bits of chain and key rings to be found in the old vases!

[d4dang]

they got the stuff at Chattuchack