(Q - ??: hello Michel, I have an administrative question. Let's say that there is no longer any doubt about the enigma, but I have one last doubt, it
is that of digging in the sense that, have the cache, you checked that it was outside an archaeological protection perimeter…)
MB: Do I give you the impression of being a guy who is a little borderline, a little stupid, a little limited or something? Do you think this kind of thing could have escaped me? Of course, no, no, this question does not arise, and if we want...So if we want to be rigorous, the fact of going to dig or whether it is in France, in any land which is in the public domain, it It's not necessarily uh... accepted, legal, I don't necessarily know the legislation on this in depth, but we can consider that it is not necessarily allowed in France to go and make holes wherever you want like that.
(Q - ??: Now especially that archaeological zones are almost everywhere, everywhere, everywhere the slightest landmark...)
MB: No, there are not everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, there are some in certain places and what is very perverse since I spoke about it with the archeology services, is that it exists indeed very precise maps of sites which are archaeologically speaking sensitive or interesting. There are maps, but they are not communicated, to prevent looters from simply using them. If we communicate a map saying this or that area is sensitive, well obviously the looters will be interested in it. So they are not communicated.
(Q - ??: So if, on the government website, on culture.gouv, we find all the maps, of all the regions. Everything is listed, all the monuments are listed with the different types of protection that are around.)
MB: Yes, but the monuments, but not the areas where there could be things and we don’t know they are there. No, there is sensitive archaeological information that is not public at all. It was confirmed to me. Well, I mean it was explained to me by someone who is part of the archeology services, so I have no reason to doubt it. And then, I understand very well, if we provide all the information on potentially interesting sites, then it is obvious that the looters will rush. It is difficult to protect the entire territory, especially sites that may be potentially interesting. We must be clear on this. We understand well. That said, the site that interests us, the cache, is not on a site with a high degree of sensitivity. There you go, calm down, it's not necessarily super legal to go dig a hole there, that's not why you're going to end up in handcuffs because you went to dig there. You have to stay calm.
(Q - Aladore: we can, Michel, because today there are, for example, geocaching games, where there are objects, boxes that are buried. And in fact, we does not actually have the right to dig to find archaeological objects but we have the right to dig to find an object that was buried for a game. We can see that for geocaching, it works.)< /u>
MB: Yes, in any case, I'll tell you, I'll reassure you, whoever goes digging on the cache and brings out the countermark will be applauded by everyone. And at the local level, there will be no, no, no contraindications. Be calm.
(Q - BuBzZz: you said that you will be notified of the arrival of an owl on the cache, I have difficulty understanding how you could be called so quickly. It's a mystery which I have not yet resolved in your Midits.)
MB: That’s what makes me so charming, is that I’m surrounded by mystery. You have to get used to it!
MB: Do I give you the impression of being a guy who is a little borderline, a little stupid, a little limited or something? Do you think this kind of thing could have escaped me? Of course, no, no, this question does not arise, and if we want...So if we want to be rigorous, the fact of going to dig or whether it is in France, in any land which is in the public domain, it It's not necessarily uh... accepted, legal, I don't necessarily know the legislation on this in depth, but we can consider that it is not necessarily allowed in France to go and make holes wherever you want like that.
(Q - ??: Now especially that archaeological zones are almost everywhere, everywhere, everywhere the slightest landmark...)
MB: No, there are not everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, there are some in certain places and what is very perverse since I spoke about it with the archeology services, is that it exists indeed very precise maps of sites which are archaeologically speaking sensitive or interesting. There are maps, but they are not communicated, to prevent looters from simply using them. If we communicate a map saying this or that area is sensitive, well obviously the looters will be interested in it. So they are not communicated.
(Q - ??: So if, on the government website, on culture.gouv, we find all the maps, of all the regions. Everything is listed, all the monuments are listed with the different types of protection that are around.)
MB: Yes, but the monuments, but not the areas where there could be things and we don’t know they are there. No, there is sensitive archaeological information that is not public at all. It was confirmed to me. Well, I mean it was explained to me by someone who is part of the archeology services, so I have no reason to doubt it. And then, I understand very well, if we provide all the information on potentially interesting sites, then it is obvious that the looters will rush. It is difficult to protect the entire territory, especially sites that may be potentially interesting. We must be clear on this. We understand well. That said, the site that interests us, the cache, is not on a site with a high degree of sensitivity. There you go, calm down, it's not necessarily super legal to go dig a hole there, that's not why you're going to end up in handcuffs because you went to dig there. You have to stay calm.
(Q - Aladore: we can, Michel, because today there are, for example, geocaching games, where there are objects, boxes that are buried. And in fact, we does not actually have the right to dig to find archaeological objects but we have the right to dig to find an object that was buried for a game. We can see that for geocaching, it works.)< /u>
MB: Yes, in any case, I'll tell you, I'll reassure you, whoever goes digging on the cache and brings out the countermark will be applauded by everyone. And at the local level, there will be no, no, no contraindications. Be calm.
(Q - BuBzZz: you said that you will be notified of the arrival of an owl on the cache, I have difficulty understanding how you could be called so quickly. It's a mystery which I have not yet resolved in your Midits.)
MB: That’s what makes me so charming, is that I’m surrounded by mystery. You have to get used to it!