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« on: November 25, 2006, 09:16:16 am »
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"I have a metal detector; it's 80 years old. My grandfather got it from the British. This is now my profession. I can tell everything. I am an expert -- Byzantine, Roman, Islamic, Canaanite," he said.  Huh? Huh?

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Ancient treasures lure modern thieves
With Israeli, Palestinian authorities busy with other matters, Bedouins rob tombs much as forefathers did
Matthew Kalman, Chronicle Foreign Service Friday, November 24, 2006

11-24) 04:00 PST Herodion, West Bank -- At least two nights a week, Abu Moussa, the Bedouin leader of Herodion, takes his sleeping bag, tools and a small group of men and heads into the mountains to practice the trade he learned from his father and grandfather before him -- robbing the treasures of ancient tombs.

It's a tradition that goes back centuries, and these days it is considered illegal by both Israeli and Palestinian police. But as the Palestinian economy crumbles in the face of Israeli security restrictions and crippling international sanctions against the Hamas-led government of the Palestinian Authority, ancient treasures buried in the biblical landscape have become a major source of income for many West Bank residents.

"The mountains and valleys in this area are full of caves. All the boys and men in the village search the caves to look for antiquities, and they bring whatever they find to me, because I am the mukhtar, the leader of the village, and I know about all these things," said Abu Moussa, 50, displaying a table covered with treasures, including a 3,000-year-old Canaanite earthenware jug, several oil lamps, decorated bowls, and fistfuls of ancient coins, weights and arrowheads. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2006, 09:44:32 am »
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Sue: Where do get all these interesting articles from??? Smiley

Grave robbing has been going on in that part of the world for ages but just think how much more they might find with a two box detector or just a regular detector for that matter. Anyone want to fly to the mideast with a detector try our luck???  Wink Wink On second thoughts- they would probably confiscate the MD's.

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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2006, 01:49:13 pm »
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Sue: Where do get all these interesting articles from??? Smiley

Grave robbing has been going on in that part of the world for ages but just think how much more they might find with a two box detector or just a regular detector for that matter. Anyone want to fly to the mideast with a detector try our luck???  Wink Wink On second thoughts- they would probably confiscate the MD's.

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Yeah and when we got there we have to buy an 80 year old detector from some guys table thanks for the article Doc

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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2006, 02:53:27 pm »
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Anyone want to fly to the mideast with a detector try our luck??? Steve


Stealthing with the Sheikh - darn tootin', I'd don the robes and pillage with them. I was questioning "80 yr old detector" as I didn't think there was such a thing, but......... wrong! Yep, with our modern detectors, we could probably be prized tribe members after a few nights of plunder. Sue, who gets treasure stories emailed to her


History of the Metal Detector
From Mary Bellis, About.com

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first crude metal detector in 1881

In 1881, Alexander Graham Bell invented the first metal detector. As President James Garfield lay dying of an assassin's bullet, Alexander Graham Bell hurriedly invented a crude metal detector in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the fatal slug. Bell's metal detector was an electromagnetic device he called the induction balance

Gerhard Fischar - Portable Metal Detector

In 1925, Gerhard Fischar invented a portable metal detector. Fischar's model was first sold commercially in 1931 and Gerhard Fischar was behind the first large-scale production of metal detectors.


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thanks for the info i thought
Bell just invented the phone smart guy

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