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cymap C
cymap May 31, 2007 18:11:08
Replying to juamei

Just what I would like to see , some quoted sources for those figures. Until then they are speculative and flawed its as simple as that. I am not the one or organisation who is building a campaign quoting figures so I dont have to prove anything.
We have all seen with the Iraq war what quoting speculative and flawed facts and figures has accomplished havent we!

P Paul Barford
Paul Barford May 31, 2007 19:04:16
Replying to cymap

cymap wrote:
Just what I would like to see , some quoted sources for those figures. Until then they are speculative and flawed its as simple as that. I am not the one or organisation who is building a campaign quoting figures so I dont have to prove anything.
But as I said, the PAS apparently already HAS such figures because they have informed the world that last year they fulfilled their fifth aim. Cymap, just drop them a line and get them to release the official figures and we can all see whether the HA figures were unduly cautious or not.

But there is a difference between saying HA's figures ARE flawed (your initial reaction), and saying that their basis needs to be published, so people can judge for themselves the likelihood that the represent a realistic picture or not (what you are saying now). I am sure all in good time you will see the reasoning behind those figures.

J juamei
juamei Jun 1, 2007 13:30:23
Replying to cymap

Ok, lets do some maths togther. As a detectorist you will be better placed than me to answer some of the essential information.

- How many PAS-recordable finds does a typical detectorist finds in an outing?
- How many detectorists are there?
- How often do detectorists go out detectoring?
- Can we consider the above rates to be constant since 1975?

I'm led to believe a survey of detectorists by detectorists exists which gave approximate answers to all but the last question, so perhaps someone reading could provide that?