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Title: Man Arrested for Stealing War Artefacts with Metal Detector
Post by: midastouch on September 17, 2014, 02:07:03 PM
48 year old St Albans man arrested over war artefacts theft using metal detector.  :o

Officers suspect the man of illegally metal detecting on sites of historic importance, including a former Second World War PoW camp in Batford, near Harpenden.

Read more with pics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2759222/Bomb-disposal-experts-descend-leafy-residential-street-report-unexploded-wartime-bomb-garage-crammed-WW2-shells-machine-guns.html#ixzz3Da8yP0EG (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2759222/Bomb-disposal-experts-descend-leafy-residential-street-report-unexploded-wartime-bomb-garage-crammed-WW2-shells-machine-guns.html#ixzz3Da8yP0EG)






Title: Re: Man Arrested for Stealing War Artefacts with Metal Detector
Post by: probono on September 17, 2014, 08:35:10 PM
There doesn't seem to be too much there that was found with a detector - some bullets and the anti-aircraft tops that we've all found - a lot of that (including the machine gun) have come from sales - no doubt about it.


Title: Re: Man Arrested for Stealing War Artefacts with Metal Detector
Post by: chantalpoole on September 18, 2014, 03:47:20 PM
daily fail as usual
i couldnt see anything in the picture that looked like it had been underground....


Title: Re: Man Arrested for Stealing War Artefacts with Metal Detector
Post by: midastouch on September 18, 2014, 04:20:09 PM
it certainly seems to be a very 'over the top' report. Putting metal detectorists in a bad light as greedy thieves seems to be the agenda here. Hope it's a one off.


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