This is an enormous and gloriously varied region, holding civilizations among the oldest and richest on earth and a great deal of ground the wider hobby has barely begun to explore. From the ancient dynasties of China to the kingdoms of Southeast Asia, from the Korean peninsula to the islands of the Pacific Rim, the history here is deep, the cultures are many, and much of the ground is far less hunted than the well-trodden fields of the West. This category gathers hunters across the broader Asia-Pacific.
The richness is almost overwhelming. Ancient Chinese coinage and the relics of dynasties that span millennia. The kingdoms and empires of Southeast Asia with their own treasures and histories. The trade routes that crossed the region for centuries, moving wealth and leaving traces. Korean history, island histories, the deposits of a part of the world where civilization runs very deep and the hobby, in many places, is still young. For the hunter and researcher willing to explore it, there’s a vast amount here.
Heritage law and cultural respect vary across the region but matter everywhere, and the responsible hunter learns the local framework and honors the genuine patrimony of these old cultures without exception. Within those bounds, this is some of the most interesting and least-shared ground on the site, and we’d love to see more of it represented.
So bring your hunts and your finds from across the region, your local history and your questions, the ancient coins and the kingdom relics and the trade-route traces. Post in your own language, whatever it is — this vast region speaks many and all are welcome.
So let’s map the East: what country or culture’s ground do you hunt or study, and what’s the deep history beneath it that the rest of the world should know about?