At an academy, Italians can learn how to search for treasure using metal detectors. An expert reports on his strange finds.
Cesenatico – When holidaymakers leave the beaches of Italy, treasure hunting season begins. Equipped with metal detectors, they search the empty beaches for valuable items such as jewelry or coins. An estimated 25,000 to 30,000 Italians share the hobby, according to Leonardo Ciocca, an industry expert. The fun of so-called scanning is so great that even an Italian hotel offers to rent metal detectors.
Italy: “Like a child on a treasure hunt” – up to 30,000 people search
“It’s a passion that takes you outdoors, it’s good for the body, it’s relaxing,” Ciocca told the portal ilmessaggero.it. It’s also about the mysterious. “It makes us feel like children on a treasure hunt,” he said. Ciocca is well known among Italian detectorists. He is considered the leading expert in this area and has published several times on the topic. Cesenatico, a city on the Adriatic, has become the unofficial capital of detectorists. There the expert also set up a company that specialized in metal detectors.
Ciocca has encountered a lot over the years. The strangest thing the expert ever found was a speculum. This is an instrument that gynecologists use for vaginal examinations. But he has also been able to find dentures, gold teeth and sex toys. Among his favorite finds are “objects with a story,” as Ciocca continued. This includes trench work or other artistic creations made by soldiers during war. To do this, they used old ammunition leftovers or barbed wire to create new pieces of art, as the expert explained. Just a few months ago, a man in Poland found coins from the 17th century.
Treasure hunt in Italy: Academy gives lessons on probing
In Cesenatico, Ciocca also founded an academy where aspiring detectorists receive theoretical and practical lessons, such as Berlin morning post reported. In the Spring takes place the so-called “Garret Contest, a competition in which hundreds of participants from all over the world search for buried treasure. If you would like to try out sondling, you can do so in the nearby town of Milano Marittima at the Hotel Esedra. Loud ilmessaggero.it Hotel guests can borrow metal detectors to search for themselves.
Sounding is also popular online. Many collectors exchange their experiences and share their achievements in numerous forums. The detectorists are not allowed to keep all of the items, Ciocca explained. For example, found wedding rings must be handed in to the lost property office.
In Germany, according to the catalog of fines, tanning is permitted on most public beaches, bathing lakes and playgrounds. But there are also limits. Anyone who probes in places where it is prohibited or if someone does not have the appropriate permit must expect high fines. (vk)
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