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The Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences has called on the government to ban individuals from using metal detectors, its head Vadzim \u0141akiza has told journalists. Eligible to use metal detectors should be the interior, defense and emergency ministries, along with search-and-rescue volunteer groups and organizations granted permission for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-150839","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State-run history institute pushes for ban on use of metal detectors by treasure hunters | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 13, Pozirk. 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