In Poland, The Protection and Care of Historical Monuments Act of 23 July 2003 (o ochronie zabytków i opiece nad zabytkami, rok 2003) forbids any amateur search for artifacts, either for commercial or for personal use.
Download of the Act: http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/Download?id=...1621568&type=2
From a research paper on the subject:
Destruction of archaeological sites by treasure hunters, a phenomenon which was almost unknown, or occurred only sporadically, until the middle of the 1990s, has recently becomeone of the most serious threats to the archaeological heritage of Poland (Banasiewicz, E, and Ginalski, J, 1997 ‘Poszukiwacze skarbów’ jako zagrożenie dla dziedzictwa archeologicznego, Poznańskie Zeszyty Archeologiczno-Konserwatorskie 6, 42–4)
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