02-27-2003, 12:18 AM
I had all the medals in one plastic bag and it showed up on the x-ray machine.
At first they let me pass through after they examined the medals to make sure it wasn't a bomb.
When I went through customs where they asked me if I was bringing anything back with me, stupid me, I said oh yes, I was bringing medals back with me. Within a minute there were 6 customs agents trying them on saying that they should belong in a museum. What a joke. I think that I paid a total of $300.00 or so for the lot. They weren't going to let me have them. Looking back, I think that if I offered them some momey they would have let me through. I had visions of going to jail though.
In Moscow, I got about 10 medals through by putting them in my checkin bags and dispursing them throughout in a vertical position so they would show a small profile to the xray machine. No problems.
Alanrivine
At first they let me pass through after they examined the medals to make sure it wasn't a bomb.
When I went through customs where they asked me if I was bringing anything back with me, stupid me, I said oh yes, I was bringing medals back with me. Within a minute there were 6 customs agents trying them on saying that they should belong in a museum. What a joke. I think that I paid a total of $300.00 or so for the lot. They weren't going to let me have them. Looking back, I think that if I offered them some momey they would have let me through. I had visions of going to jail though.
In Moscow, I got about 10 medals through by putting them in my checkin bags and dispursing them throughout in a vertical position so they would show a small profile to the xray machine. No problems.
Alanrivine
