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Pilgrim P
Pilgrim Jun 20, 2007 09:25:55
Replying to garybrun

Ohmygod! I’ve mad a terrible mistake! Metal Detectorists really are the saviours of our heritage……yeah: right.


1. Instead of saying “all responsible hobbyists detect in accordance with codes of practice that address this situation….” why doesn’t this article say that “all responsible hobbyists must detect in accordance with a single code of practice that addresses this situation: the Portable Antiquities Scheme”?

2. Why does a website that is apparently keen to promote “responsible metal detecting” and “good practice within the detecting hobby“ promote the UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) - a “hobby-based self-recording scheme” (wow! that's got some authority, eh?) alternative to the PAS on it’s pages? Surely the PAS is the resource for all metal detectors?

I believe that the UKDFD was set up as a response to the PAS because the PAS was asking too much of certain sections of the hobby, and setting up the UKDFD was a calculated move designed to undermine the PAS. In so doing, the UKDFD has made it easier for those without scruples to profit from our national heritage. It should be shut down. Feel free to convince me otherwise...


Peace

Pilgrim

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N nigelswift
nigelswift Jun 20, 2007 12:20:49
Replying to Pilgrim

I doubt if there will be any answers Pilgrim. They exist, but they are only used in front of the Kop, never at away venues as they're so toecurlingly daft. (Throwing off the archie yoke, providing people with "choice", the hobby developing its own distinct rules and philosophy for dealing with the resource, not being slave to or subservient to "them". Great stuff eh?)