"Dive & Release": Gold From the Deep Found by "Hobby" Diver, Seized by Police, in Bartın

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 10 December 2024)

               Are pawn shops the same as museums?...

At the Küçük Liman bay in Amasra district of Bartın province, 

Sercan A. (35) dove in a restricted archeological site with a 

detector searching for gold.  Yesterday he did the same thing

at Büyük Liman bay, was taken into custody and released. 

Citizens noticed Sercan A. diving with the detector and 

informed the police and Coast Guard officials, who came and 

seized  a gold ring, earrings, coins and some other metal items

from Sercan A.  

He had come from Izmir to dive at the Bartın shore, saying

that he is not a treasure hunter and that this is just his hobby.

Sercan A. asserted that he turns over anything that might

have historical value to museums. (!)