Encouraging responsible metal detecting

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juamei J
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.

J juamei
juamei Jul 27, 2005 23:23:55
Replying to juamei

And yes I know the cup was found with a metal detector.

I Ishmael
Ishmael Jul 27, 2005 23:38:33
Replying to juamei

then education not an outright ban is the answer.
stop threatening people and make them more willing to show and share their finds.
I have been shown some amazing finds found by local farmhands recently all found without detectors.
I am currently trying to photograph them and document where and when they were found.
This includes a lot of stone tools but also has metal objects in the collections.
The Antiquarians robbed so much more. Even in the Atkinson Silbury dig the report by Whittle states again and again, "these finds have since been lost"
If I find anything with a MD I will attempt to report it but knowing the local way the local FLO works I doubt anything but a major Gold find would be of interest.