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Searching for treasures along river banks and on public beaches

Almost all large settlements in Russia are located along the banks of rivers, lakes and seas. What if we consider that part of the land that is washed by water on one side and adjacent to the embankment on the other, like a gold-bearing placer? I am not advocating testing coastal sediments on the city beach (although this is exactly what the residents of Yekaterinburg did in the last century, right there in the city, handing over the gold they found to the mining police officer), but, armed with a search device, walking along the water itself - this can turn out to be a very profitable activity. The embankment is a favorite place for city residents to walk, and therefore a place for minor losses. Valuables are often thrown into the water to get rid of evidence, or in revenge on someone. Here, for example, is such a case described in the “Bulletin of the Gold Industry” for 1899:

“Recently, in one of the villages close to Irkutsk, some swindler, fearing prosecution for the gold he had stolen from the mines, threw it, in the amount of three pounds, from the bank into the Angara River.”

Many valuables were dropped into the water on piers, steamship gangways, when unloading ships, and were lost when unloading into warehouses. And the water itself, doing its daily work and carrying away light particles, “washes” the cultural layer of coastal soil, thereby concentrating heavy objects in places of erosion. In order for the search to be successful, two factors need to be taken into account - firstly, to study the old plan of the city or village in order to draw up a tentative scheme of work, and secondly, to take into account physical changes in the riverbed under the influence of natural forces or human engineering activities. Of course, the section of the coast where erosion of the soil and the demolition of its light components is more promising than the place where siltation occurs. The main thing is to select the area so that natural forces work in the right direction.

City beaches are a special area of attention for mini-treasure hunters, or rather, a place to search for lost valuables. The more people visit the beaches, the more decorations are lost here - sand and small pebbles serve as an excellent shelter from the eyes of absent-minded owners. You can, in a useless search, sift sand through your fingers for a long time ten centimeters from your loss. I came across press reports that in In many countries around the world, where there are comfortable beaches and the gentle sun shines, the business of searching for lost jewelry using metal detectors is thriving. According to unverified data, a similar fishery also exists on the Black Sea coast. It can be assumed that it brings in considerable income. For such work, particularly sensitive instruments are not required - 10-15 cm of detection depth is quite enough. Of course, you will come across a lot of low-value items, especially, I think, the searcher will become irritated by the abundance of coins and traffic jams. What to do, you will have to endure - fortunately, the drip is shallow.

It may happen that not only a lost ring or watch will become the prey of a specialist in extracting beach treasures. Sea waves, as is known, have enormous power near the shore. During a storm, boulders spin in the waves like soccer balls. Approximately the same thing happens at shallow depths near the surf, but the greater the depth of the sea layer, the less the impact of wave energy on the bottom.

Ships that perished at different times on coastal underwater rocks and shallows sank to the bottom, where they were subjected to inexorable destruction under the pressure of waves and the effects of salt water. The contents of the holds and cabins sank to the seabed. What is the further path of objects from ship holds? Much depends on the topography of the bottom and the depth at the site of the disaster: sometimes the wreckage is buried under a layer of sand, and sometimes it moves to the shore with a mass of boulders and pebbles. For example, when sediments move transversely (relative to the coastline) by sea waves on a flat bottom, sand is carried to great depths, and pebbles and boulders are thrown toward the shore.

As an illustration, I will cite a case described by Professor V.P. Zenkovich.

In 1946, the professor was in Kamchatka, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The border guards showed him heavy marine binoculars, corroded by sea water and overgrown with shells. They found this binoculars one day, after a storm, on the shore; it was thrown out by the waves from a ship that sank at a depth of 40 meters. From this depth, the waves more than once threw various iron fragments onto the shore, and a year later the binoculars turned up on the beach.

The following fact also speaks about the bottom disturbance of unusual strength. In the Sea of Japan, south of

Vladivostok, an anchor weighing almost 300 kg was dropped from one ship. The following year the anchor was thrown ashore.

Sea waves can serve another service to the treasure hunter, namely: act as a hydromonitor, eroding the cultural layer of the earth on the coast, where active destruction of the coast is underway.

After a storm, during which the erosion process intensifies many times over, you can go with a metal detector along the erosion strip and search in the enriched cultural layer, due to the removal of light soils, for antiquities, if any are implied in the search area based on the historical situation.

If you take a little interest in the geological history of the coast, you may be able to find areas that are promising for searching for valuables. As you know, the soil sometimes rises, and sometimes, on the contrary, it sinks and is absorbed by the waters of the seas. Sometimes the processes go very slowly, sometimes faster, but there are also rapid changes in land level: catastrophic rises or falls of soil areas during an earthquake. Let us assume that some coastline, rich in historical monuments, is immersed in sea waters. There are many such plots of land, particularly in neighboring countries. Then, as a result of a sharp rise in land, a site - for example, an ancient settlement - lying above the water for centuries, again finds itself under the sun, providing those who wish with the opportunity to look for ancient treasures in the soil eroded by the sea.

On the beach, if the water is warm, you can search for valuables without a device - visual observation in the surf. Try looking at land from water. The rationale is simple: the golden objects are static, and the sand and pebbles, constantly moved back and forth by the breaking wave, either expose or cover these objects again. The same process occurs on the shore side. But the surf line is viewed mainly from land, and not from under water. I had to talk with people who struggled with the Black Sea summer boredom in exactly this way. This is what they advised.

For this practice you need a mask with a snorkel. No fins are needed, the seeker swims very slowly along the surf and, as a specialist in this type of fishing figuratively puts it, “rubs the sand with his belly.” The observation is carried out directly in front of you, because the golden barrel of the jewel flashes only for a moment in the endless crowd of grains of sand or small pebbles. It is most convenient to conduct a search when the sea is lightly rough, because with large waves there is a problem with swimming, and during calm periods there is no necessary movement of the bottom sands.

I don’t know all the details of the incident that led to the fact that the deep river in my village turned in places into a thin bubbling stream. Due to the lack of water, the banks exposed their silt bottom, and the riverbed showed stones and shells.

This incident upset fishermen and vacationers, of whom there are more than enough on the banks of the river in the summer. Some are sad, some are happy. After all, for a treasure hunter, digging in an untouched place is always a blessing. Places that have not been seen by a person with a detector and a shovel will bring interesting finds even to the seeker who will search with an inexpensive Chinese metal detector.

There were so many diggers that the local population was already accustomed to a person with a metal detector in his hands and therefore did not react to them in any way. Unless in rare cases they ask how much gold you found and, hearing laughter in response, go home. So it is not at all surprising that after just one month the muddy shores already looked like a lunar landscape.
Features of digging along the river bottom.

I myself was wildly curious: what can be found in the shallows with a metal detector.

In the evening he went ashore and, wading into the water up to his ankles, carried out his search until nightfall.

For searching shallows without a scuba, a pinpointer becomes indispensable. My pointer from MarsMD coped with such a cop perfectly well.

I tried to search with different devices and with different coils, but the result was always almost the same - scrap metal and a couple of tips.

Reader, I never thought that a river could be such an open dump - every centimeter of wiring was a coil, and sometimes only a millimeter and I heard a signal from the iron. If the detector responds with a color response, then it is either a wire, or a cork, or the bottom of a tin can. Less commonly: foil, stainless steel jars and batteries.

I wasn’t the only one who dug such an assortment - dug up garbage finds were littered along the banks. But a river, on the banks of which a settlement has existed for many centuries, must hide in its depths something more significant, and not just garbage! But, alas, all the ancient artifacts are buried under a thick layer of mismanagement of the Soviet era.

Then the diggers, including me, began to look only on the beaches. More than once I observed guys digging sand and after some time leaving the search site. And all because those beaches where people still swim, I dug up with my comrade a few years ago.

And I was productively digging on those shores where there once were beaches. I remember them from my childhood, but now these places are overgrown with sedge, and the bottom is covered with silt.

What’s amazing is that every other coil was in the same place, sniffing out some kind of find. This is not surprising - after all, the little Nel Sharp collected surface targets at 5 inches, the round AKA staff saw whatever it wanted, but the 3-frequency Tornado sensed targets perfectly, but in places where there was an abundance of iron it was as blind as a mole.

Also found along the edges of former swimming areas include all sorts of fishing gear: spoons, drachas, jigs, lead sinkers.

There are a lot of abandoned small beaches, but I only managed to knock out two. On the second, also not noticed by other diggers, late Soviet and modern coins popped out one after another.

If it were not for the abundance of garbage, then spending time with a metal detector along the river bottom would be much more interesting.
Another important moment of the river cop.

When digging beaches, we must not forget about the paths used to reach the swimming areas. I can only guess about the level of digging experience of the comrades who rummaged around with detectors along the bottom of the river, since the trails remained virgin. Climb out of the hollow of the dry banks and dig for at least something interesting. After all, it’s always nice to dig for a coin, even if it was lost relatively recently. Do you agree?

My modest result.

Every time I brought finds from a mine down the drained river, I put them in one bag. And so, when the water in the river returned to its usual level, he took out the coins and “jewelry” from the bag to show his modest result to his reader.

We all love to swim, that’s a fact, and we look forward to the July sun warming the water so that we can swim and sunbathe. Do you think people swam in the old days? Or did they just work to survive? I think the answer is obvious - our great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, just like us, loved to swim. Therefore, in such places you can always find something interesting with a metal detector. So let's talk about a few more places where you can hang out with MD and sip some coins.

Reservoirs - rivers, lakes and ponds.

Any village was always located not far from some body of water. Therefore, if you are breaking through an ancient village, look for this very body of water - it could be a river, or maybe a lake or pond. Of course, over many years the pond could dry out or the river become shallow, so if it is possible to use an old map, do so and establish where the river flowed or the pond was.

Well, then you can start searching. Coins, as a rule, were most often lost in elevated places where people undressed and where clothes were left lying. Therefore, if you notice a pond near a village, then think about where you entered the water, and where the people “laid back.” At the “lying places” and break through with a detector, there will be one hundred percent finds. Of course, if the village is not old, then you will come across a lot of Soviet coins and other lost items. However, sometimes you manage to catch some pretty interesting things. On this hill we also managed to pick up a couple of coins.

We had this kind of medal, not a military one, but for merit, I don’t remember exactly now, something like for work. Plus, once they found as many as 7 pieces of Soviet coins and a half-rotten paper Soviet ruble at once. Remember him? Orange like that. Apparently, someone dropped their wallet, it rotted, but the money remained)) It was very cool to dig up several caked coins at once. Even if they don’t cost anything, we don’t dig for profit, but for adrenaline and pleasure.

Next, another place where we managed to “exchange money” was streams and crossings. In general, a lot of interesting things are hidden in streams. Judge for yourself - there is a ravine, in the spring melt water flows through it and washes everything that is there out of the ground. And if the ravine is located on the edge of a plowed field, then a lot of things can be raised in the stream below. I remember once, having combed through a very shallow stream, we found 3 coins only with our eyes. And two more metal detectors))

What can you find on the old beach?

First of all, these are, of course, coins; you often come across buttons, badges, medals, crosses, rings and other decorations. All that you yourself can lose on the beach. It is unlikely that you will find dishes and other items there that can be found in vegetable gardens and next to house pits.

Well, naturally, the old beach can also be considered a swimming place, if you can find one. We were lucky, right next to my house, where I was born (I don’t live there anymore), there was a dilapidated village, judging by the houses of the year, about the end of the 18th century. Powerful old houses made of red brick with meter-high walls - such houses are beyond the control of time, it seems to me. They have been standing for more than 100 years and will easily last the same amount of time.

Well, in front of this village there is a river flowing and there is a huge sandy beach. Even 50 years ago, as my grandmother told me, they went there to swim, and their parents showed her this place. So we can estimate that this beach has been there for quite a long time, the river bed has not changed for at least 70 years. That is, there has been a beach in that place from time immemorial. And we, waiting until late autumn, when the water level is low and there are no people there, rushed there.

There were few finds, but it was a cool search. It all started with the fact that for the first time in my life I picked up a silver ring, massive, you can immediately see that it is old. Looking later at the sample, I saw a girl in a kokoshnik - as I later found out, this sample actually means that the silver is antique. I was very happy about the find.

My friend started picking up just tons of modern little things, after all, this beach is also used by the modern population and they have “crashed” it quite a bit. Corks from vodka (who even drinks vodka in the heat?), from beer, labels from Coca-Cola and other fizzy drinks, and cans from them. We soon learned to cut out all the modern garbage, but sometimes we still dug the usual “garbage” signal, because we knew that gold sometimes sounds exactly like a cork or some other crap.

By the way, you can - what can you find and where is the best place to look.

We wandered around that beach for a couple of days and at the end of the second day we began to come across ancient coins - kopeks of Nicholas II, most of the coins of that era. Two rubles and even three rubles. As we thought, initially we identified the place a little incorrectly, but this is not surprising, over so many years the terrain is changing anyway. But the fact itself pleased us - we found an old beach and hit it a little. We found a dozen copper coins and it was cool.

Based on everything described, we can draw conclusions where there is a chance to raise coins besides ancient roads and vegetable gardens in an abandoned village:

Comb the area near the pond, try to find a “bed”

If the area is gully, then rustle at the bottom of the ravine in the streams (if you look in the spring, there will be a hundred pounds of streams)

If there is a river, then there must be a place where people sunbathed - we are looking for an ancient sandy beach

A dried up pond - in the spring, of course, there will be chacha in such a place, but in the summer you can try to look there, comrades wrote to me that there were finds, and royal, ancient coins.

Therefore, you should not neglect such publicly accessible places. Of course, it’s more interesting in the center of the village, but what if there’s nothing there? Then immediately run headlong to the reservoirs and start searching on the banks. Well, good luck with the coping, comrades.

Rivers and lakes conceal a huge number of hidden treasures. One can only imagine how many people, over the entire period of the existence of money circulation in the region, betrayed their treasures to the water, some on purpose, and some inadvertently. For a treasure hunter, this is a special branch of the search that requires his own skill and knowledge. I will not talk about those who scuba dive in search of sunken ships, but will only touch on that side of the search that does not require special underwater equipment, but only diligence and desire.

The most promising places are considered to be old bridges and mill ruins. Any old map from the early 20th century should have these features marked. You just need to get your bearings and start searching. Landmarks can be old piles sticking out of the water (for bridges), overgrown foundations (for mills). It was bridges and mills that many people saw in their lifetime. How many coins were accidentally lost in these places or buried near such a beautiful landmark. The treasure hunter's task is to find these coins, both in the water and on the shore.

The technology for searching the sites of old bridges is rather simple and not everyone will find it attractive. The main tool is a specially made ladle. It is a large scoop-shaped ladle with a hole in the bottom. Your task is to distill the semi-liquid soil at the bottom, as if sifting it. All large and heavy objects should remain in the bucket.

When I first read this method, I somehow didn’t take it seriously, but decided to try it out, since I didn’t have a metal detector yet. I built a scoop from a metal mesh and went on a search. The search location was an old bridge, which no longer existed, only half-rotten piles stuck out, on the Barneva River. After fiddling around in the mud for about five hours (luckily the water was warm and shallow), digging through tons of mud, I finally found something. My finds were: a castle (from the 50s), a bell and two Soviet coins from the 30s. I don't take household waste into account. Two years later, I came to this place with a detector. I wandered along the shore for a long time under the former bridge and found only five coins: four Soviet coins and one kopek of Nicholas II. Apparently it was not the most popular and ancient bridge.

We had to dig at the mill once; it happened on the Techa River almost on the very border with the Chelyabinsk region. The mill was rumored to be quite popular. I somehow didn’t dare to get into the water, I just wandered around with a metal detector all day. The result, in principle, was a couple of dozen coins, kings with advice. Maybe a professional device would have found something, but with the ACE 150 that was enough for me.

In such searches in old mills, the most important thing is to determine how much the river bed has changed, and then to find possible horse sites. In general, according to the stories of friends, you can wander through such places endlessly and constantly find something. I also heard stories that supposedly many millers during the period of dispossession kept their metal savings in leather bags with an anvil attached at the bottom under the mill. Naturally, some of them did not have time to take the money. Those who are especially stubborn can look for such stashes, since you can imagine what kind of metal is in such bags.

The springs are also not without promise of hidden treasures. They are ideal for hiding a small treasure. In more than half of the cases, springs are only a landmark; the treasure itself can be located at a considerable distance from it, so it is pointless to stupidly examine the entire adjacent area. It is better to examine the spring itself. A metal detector will not help here, but a metal rod at least one and a half meters long will help. With this rod it is enough to simply pierce the entire area of the spring, hoping to rest against something solid, maybe it will be a treasure.

I once read on a forum that there is one digger in Kurgan who specializes only in springs. According to his calculations, he has already “poked” more than two hundred different types of springs. I found something. The biggest find was a silver tray, small silverware is common, but there was no coin hoard yet.

Searching for coins with a metal detector is an exciting hobby available to many residents of our country. This hobby is not like fishing, nor tourism, nor hunting. As a result of the search, you get ancient coins or various antiques that will tell you about the history of the place where the item was found and simply add to the search engine’s collection.

Objects appear in the ground for various reasons: these are lost coins and things of people who passed through fields or forests; in plowed fields one comes across the plowed remains of treasures, or pawned coins.

Since ancient times, due to the fact that Russia did not have any banking system, regular wars, riots and unrest, people buried their savings in the ground. As a rule, coins were hidden in pots not far from settlements, so treasures appeared, which were later dragged across the fields during agricultural work due to the plowing of fields.

You can simply take a metal detector and go out into an open field or the edge of a forest and search there, the likelihood that you will find something is high.

The best way to approach this matter is professionally. To do this, conduct research, work with old maps and determine the place where any settlement was possible. Having arrived at the place, study the landscape of the area, examine lonely trees, look at possible landmarks and think about where you would bury the treasure.

The places to search for coins are as follows:

plowed and abandoned fields;
forest edges near populated areas;
old and abandoned paths and roads;
banks of streams and rivers near populated areas;
outskirts of populated areas;
If you agree with the local population, then look in the plots and gardens.

Do not dig on the territory of abandoned churches, graveyards, burial mounds and archaeological monuments, it is simply not good for you to become a black digger and tomb robber and there may be problems with the law about this below.

What equipment is needed to search for coins?

For searching, the basic equipment is: a metal detector and a shovel. If you don’t buy an expensive device, take the simplest models, such as the popular Garrett Ace 150, and a strong and comfortable shovel.

In the future, purchase a pinpointer; a pinpointer will make your search easier and faster.

Possible finds

Numerous coins from different eras are found on the territory of the Russian Federation, sometimes even Roman denarii are found. Frequent finds are copper coins from the time of Catherine and Soviet coins. Unfortunately, their condition is deplorable and they are called kakaliki.

It is possible to find a treasure of copper, gold or silver coins, but only a few are lucky.

Arrowheads and household items of the ancient peoples of Rus' are often found.

You come across items from the Great Patriotic War, ammunition, shell casings, weapons; be careful with such items, as there is a possibility of getting blown up or going to jail for illegal possession of weapons.

Know that the most common and most common search engine finds are nails, plugs and poop.

Sometimes on the territory of the Russian Federation you can find the body of a dead soldier during the Second World War; what to do in this situation is unclear and everyone decides for himself.

We would advise reporting this to law enforcement agencies and search organizations in order to establish the identity of the soldier, carry out his reburial and possibly find relatives and inform them. But in this situation, you will have to explain yourself to law enforcement agencies, and you may receive a fine.

The legality of a cop in 2019

In the last couple of years, millions of antiquity and history lovers who are engaged in a rather interesting hobby, namely searching with a metal detector or, in the jargon, just as a cop, have had a problem in the form of article of the administrative code numbered 7.15 (Carrying out archaeological field work without permission), which should be followed quite severe punishment. Many diggers have already been brought to administrative responsibility under this article, and are still being brought to this day.

So let’s look at what this article says (without officials):

Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation Article 7.15. Carrying out archaeological field work without permission

without a permit (open sheet) obtained in the prescribed manner, if these actions do not contain a criminal offense, or in violation of the conditions provided for by the permit (open sheet) - entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand five hundred to two thousand five hundred rubles with the confiscation of objects obtained as a result of archaeological field work, as well as tools and equipment used for archaeological field work;
Actions provided for in Part 1 of this article, resulting through negligence in damage or destruction of an object of archaeological heritage, an identified object of archaeological heritage - entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of fifteen thousand to three hundred thousand rubles with confiscation of items obtained as a result of archaeological field work, as well as tools and equipment used for archaeological field work;
Actions provided for in Part 1 of this article, committed with the use of special technical means of search and (or) earth-moving machines -
entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of two thousand to two thousand five hundred rubles with confiscation of items obtained as a result of archaeological field work, as well as tools and equipment used for archaeological field work, and special technical search equipment and (or) earth-moving machines ;

Note. In this article, special technical means of searching are understood as metal detectors, radars, magnetic devices and other technical means that make it possible to determine the presence of archaeological objects at the location.

It follows from the article that if you are detained in the field for using a metal detector and without permission (an open sheet), then you face a fine of 2000 - 2500 thousand rubles. and confiscation of the metal detector and items obtained as a result of archaeological work.

So, if police officers or other responsible officials approach you and want to charge you under Article 7.15, then they must present the following evidence to the court:

To prove the fact of archaeological work - evidence may be the following:

antiquities found in your pockets as a result of a search with traces of removal from the ground,
the presence of a shovel and a metal detector and that your actions correspond to the term archaeological work.
video shooting.

The term archaeological work in Article 45.1 of the Federal Law of the Federal Law of June 25, 2002 N 73-FZ (as amended on July 29, 2017) “On objects of cultural heritage (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation” sounds like this:
Archaeological field work is work to identify and study objects of archaeological heritage, including work aimed at searching for and removing archaeological objects.

Based on what has been written, if the officials who are trying to bring you under Article 7.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation cannot prove that you carried out archaeological field work, then your actions are absolutely legal, and you can search for any objects (keys, rings, bolts, nuts and other metal objects) using a metal detector.

Article 243.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Article 243.2. Illegal search and (or) seizure of archaeological objects from their locations

Search and (or) removal of archaeological objects from places of occurrence on the surface of the earth, in the ground or under water, carried out without permission (open sheet), resulting in damage or destruction of the cultural layer -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to five hundred thousand rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to eighteen months, or by correctional labor for a term of up to one year, or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
The same acts committed within the boundaries of the territory of a cultural heritage site included in the unified state register of cultural heritage sites (historical and cultural monuments) of the peoples of the Russian Federation, or an identified cultural heritage site -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to seven hundred thousand rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to two years, or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
The same acts committed:
a) using special technical search tools and (or) earth-moving machines;
b) by a person using his official position;
c) by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or an organized group, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to one million rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years, or by deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to five years, or by forced labor for a term of up to five years, or by deprivation of freedom for up to six years.

Notes:

For the purposes of this article, a cultural layer is understood as a layer in the ground or under water containing traces of human existence, the origin of which exceeds a hundred years, including archaeological objects.
In this article, special technical means of searching are understood as metal detectors, radars, magnetic devices and other technical means that make it possible to determine the presence of archaeological objects at the location.

Where is the line between administrative and criminal punishment is not clear, we tried to ask government agencies for clarification, unfortunately we received nothing in response, we will try further, but it is clear that if you were detained during excavations at cultural heritage sites, then this will most likely be Article 243.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

You can dig legally, but you cannot search for archaeological objects, so in order to dig legally we do the following:

We are not looking for antiques, but we are looking for lost car keys, gold rings, wife’s earrings, scrap metal and other things;
If we accidentally find some antique item, we don’t put it in our pocket and don’t touch it, but bury it back;
To avoid confiscation of a metal detector, shovel and other technical equipment, we rent technical equipment and carry the rental agreement with us;
Do not dig or approach cultural heritage sites with a metal detector or shovel;
Do not post your findings on social networks, perhaps you should not join thematic groups under your real account; all this can be used against you in court;
If a report is drawn up against you, then we write in it that we were not involved in archaeological work, we were looking for a ring, earring, bracelet, etc. they wanted to hand them over to the police to hand them over to the state, find the owner and determine their value, but it was better that they not be found;
We teach ourselves and explain our rights to police officers, only in a cultural form;
We look at what we write in the protocol and read everything carefully before signing it.
Regarding the beaches, many people say that there is no cultural layer there, if the beach is official, then there will be no problems, but official beaches may only exist in the Krasnodar Territory and Crimea, and then you need to check the documents, basically all the beaches are wild and can be located on the territory of objects cultural heritage, for example, the shore of the Oka River, or a wild beach near the Dmitry Donskoy crossing in approximately the same places, and therefore you can easily fall under 243.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation even on the beach.
We remember that we do not have case law, so if all court decisions are positive, then yours may be negative, and vice versa.

At the same time, we remember that if they want to inspect you, the following procedure must be followed:

Inspection of things carried by an individual (carry-on luggage, luggage, hunting and fishing tools, obtained products and other items) is carried out by authorized officials in the presence of two witnesses or using video recording.
A personal search is carried out by a person of the same sex as the person being searched in the presence of two witnesses of the same sex.
In exceptional cases, if there are sufficient grounds to believe that an individual has weapons or other items used as weapons, a personal search or search of things on the individual may be carried out without witnesses.
A protocol is drawn up about a personal search, search of things in the person’s possession, or a corresponding entry is made in the protocol on delivery or in the protocol on administrative detention.
The protocol on a personal search, examination of things in the possession of an individual, indicates the date and place of its preparation, position, surname and initials of the person who compiled the protocol, information about the individual subjected to personal search, the type, quantity, and other identifying characteristics of things , including the type, brand, model, caliber, series, number, other identification features of the weapon, the type and quantity of ammunition, the type and details of documents found during the inspection and carried by the individual.
In the protocol on a personal search, examination of things in the possession of an individual, a record is made of the use of photography and filming, and other established methods of recording material evidence. Materials obtained during a personal search, examination of things in the possession of an individual, using photography and filming, and other established methods of recording material evidence, are attached to the corresponding protocol.
The protocol on a personal search, examination of things in the possession of an individual, is signed by the official who compiled it, the person against whom proceedings are being conducted for an administrative offense, or the owner of the things subjected to search, by attesting witnesses in the case of their participation. If the person against whom the proceedings are being conducted, the owner of the things subjected to inspection, refuses to sign the protocol, a corresponding entry is made in it. A copy of the protocol on the personal search, the search of things in the possession of an individual, is handed over to the owner of the things subjected to search, at his request.