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Germany

There are a lot of German metal detector enthusiasts there, so there must not be a ban (as in .... the whole country/state). The posts I read of, coming from Germany, talk about "detecting in the forests" (like, out where no one is .... or cares). I mean, it's probably like anywhere else, including the USA: steer clear of obvious historic monuments, etc... And even if you DID find some sort of national level type laws, they would apply to public lands or federal level lands only, not to hunting on a private location. Ie.: a farmer's field with permission, for instance.
 
In the late '60s I was stationed in Bitburg, Germany.

Friends of mine poked around some of the old bunkers still in evidence at the time.

They were fenced off, but a fence never stopped a damned fool or a teenager poking around (Same creature!!)

One of the fellows told me of reaching up high on a stone wall to retrieve a rusted thing that might be a relic he could relish owning to discover he had in his hands a potato masher grenade!

It could have been extremely sensitive to movement and killed the young fool!

He gently (Not a total fool!!) placed it on the closest protected surface and walked quietly away.

He called the authorities to report the find and lived to enjoy another day!!

There is a lesson here somewhere Friends,

CJ
 
There's more and more restrictions and regional differences so it would be best to ask when your out there. Apart from the newer rules the Acts of 1932 and 1992 still apply.
Apply common sense ie keep away from listed sites of historical interest. All finds should be reported. On public land you will get a 50% reward, private 100%, though the landowner will expect his cut.

As Tom said ask permission of a farmer or landowner. He will know if there's areas on which your not allowed to detect.

Best of luck and keep your discrimination way low. Start knocking out larger nails/foil etc and you will be missing the small Roman, hammered silver etc.
 
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