Encouraging responsible metal detecting

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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.

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daveyravey Jul 28, 2005 08:58:36
Replying to Littlestone

You can't predict the future, just because they haven't been found yet, it doesn't mean they won't be found in the future. If the antiquarians of the 18th and 19th centuries had had metal detectors, there would be little for us to find now, and the same goes for the future as of now. We must save some finds for the future. I don't want a sterilized earth in 50 years time........I might wish to become a metal detcector in my dotage...

Dave