Is it legal to collect at Warsaw, Poland: Vistula at Goledzinow, Swedish Deluge barge loot?

Restricted. Polish heritage act: archaeological finds are State property; searching for historic objects requires notification and permit through the voivodeship conservator (2024 rules); the riverbed is State water domain, finds go to the conservator

What can you find at Warsaw, Poland: Vistula at Goledzinow, Swedish Deluge barge loot?

carved marble, architectural stone, barge timber, 17th c. iron, coins, bottles, WWII metal

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Warsaw, Poland

Vistula at Goledzinow, Swedish Deluge barge loot

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Marbles

Wreck timber

Nails and fittings

Also reported: architectural stone, coins, bottles, WWII metal.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Barges loaded with marble looted from the Kazimierz Palace and other Warsaw residences sank here in 1655 to 1656; record low water (2012, 2015) exposed the cargo.

National Geographic Polska and Nauka w Polsce: balustrades, marble floors, fountain parts, obelisks with the Vasa coat of arms recovered near Golędzinów (Praga-Północ, river km 517) by Dr Hubert Kowalski's University of Warsaw team since 2009, nearly 20 tonnes by 2015View source →