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Ancient artefacts unearthed in Tisbury


At last we have an example of a metal detectorist doing the 'right thing'.


http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/9336972.Ancient_artefacts_unearthed_in_Tisbury/?ref=mr
tjj Posted by tjj
4th November 2011ce
Edited 4th November 2011ce

Comments (3)

Hope it wasn't on or near the site of the now destroyed stone circle...

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goffik Posted by goffik
4th November 2011ce
Brilliant June. What a great story. I look forward to hearing more about this one.
He certainly showed great restraint. Good for him.
blossom Posted by blossom
5th November 2011ce
There's a video here Goff that might tell you if it's on that site if you know it well.
http://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2011/11/tisbury-hoard-model-with-few-parallels.html

You shouldn't really worry about him doing it on the site of the stone circle if it's a non-scheduled site. All legal artefact hunting aims to maximise the finds rate by researching exactly where the non-scheduled archaeological sites are. They'll have done most of them by now, hundreds of thousands of them.
nigelswift Posted by nigelswift
6th November 2011ce
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