Encouraging responsible metal detecting

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Ishmael I
Ishmael Jul 27, 2005 23:09:46
Replying to Pilgrim

>the weight of the con's is greater than the pro's

Funny that. I see it the other way around. IMHO
Look at all the amazing finds that Have come up by responsible detectorists.
Do you really think a hoard of torcs like the Snettisham hoard could be plundered and sold on the blackmarket without it coming to public attention?

J juamei
juamei Jul 27, 2005 23:22:27
Replying to Ishmael

Look how long it took them to put back together the bronze cauldrons and other related items in the horde found near Salisbury.
How many Ringlemere cups are carefully cucooned in cotton wool in some blokes shed? You have no idea. I have no idea.

The fact is, people do find stuff and take it. They don't report it and they never will. That's wrong & something must be done about it.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jul 27, 2005 23:42:34
Replying to Ishmael

>Look at all the amazing finds that Have come up by responsible detectorists.<

Yep, have to agree. Detectorists might not be archaeologists, but what some detectorists have found, and have subsequently deposited in the public domain, has to better than if they had never been found at all.