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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help deciding on metal detector!
« on: May 31, 2010, 02:08:52 pm »
cheaper here
http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Treasure-Cove-Platinum-Digital-Metal-Detector-Set/2683552/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=10877692
As said in previous post any metal detector will work with those types of items being your not looking for just gold and silver. Higher end units are needed to discriminate all the "junk" so your not wasting time digging out pulltabs from the beach all day. If your looking for things like guns, helmets, bayonet and mines
any detector will do the job. I totally agree with buying or renting one once you get there. Could be a customs, import tax nightmare. Also in Poland law states quite clearly that searching for historical artifacts (and that includes II World War militaria) with a metal detector without proper authorization, is illegal. There are some exceptions to this rule, but you MUST have a trusted contact/partner who will look after you. Penalties for illegal searching are quite severe and include confiscation of your metal detector as well as fines and in the extreme cases, also imprisonment. Comming into polands customs with a metal detector in hand would but a big red target on your back.
http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Treasure-Cove-Platinum-Digital-Metal-Detector-Set/2683552/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=10877692
As said in previous post any metal detector will work with those types of items being your not looking for just gold and silver. Higher end units are needed to discriminate all the "junk" so your not wasting time digging out pulltabs from the beach all day. If your looking for things like guns, helmets, bayonet and mines
any detector will do the job. I totally agree with buying or renting one once you get there. Could be a customs, import tax nightmare. Also in Poland law states quite clearly that searching for historical artifacts (and that includes II World War militaria) with a metal detector without proper authorization, is illegal. There are some exceptions to this rule, but you MUST have a trusted contact/partner who will look after you. Penalties for illegal searching are quite severe and include confiscation of your metal detector as well as fines and in the extreme cases, also imprisonment. Comming into polands customs with a metal detector in hand would but a big red target on your back.
Ive gotta sell this stuff but I dont want to give it away. We had harris bros. auction house come in to take a look at it today and they slapped us in the face with a 8k buyout offer. We kindly showed them the door and almost cried. I know this stuff is worth more than 8k and I know that other "antique sellers" wont pay top dollar because they have to make a profit too. So how would you sell it all? Auction, estate sale, Ebay? We contacted the heisey museum and the would sell our heisey glass for us in auction but it could take up to two years to sell it all! Take a look at all the photos and please give me some insight. 
