4th July 2005, 05:39 PM
Two sides to a story Sea Surgeon.
Susan......
First of all and on behalf of other Metel-detectors I would like to apologize to Mr John Browning who suffered the Nighthawks on his land.
As a member of a M.D.Club this is strictly out of bounds for any member to go out at night.
Before we go onto any land we always get permission from the landowner once this has been granted a contract will be drawn up and both landowner and club will sign this contract.
When any Artefact or Coin is found it is reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officers who will record the find which will then go on to a national data base which builds a picture of the past.
Colin Galvin..........
Most often, Archaeologists stress the importance of 'archaeological context' when excavating finds, and frequently complain that detectorists destroy the 'context' of an item when they dig something up.
If you have ever watched 'Time Team', you'll know that one of the first things that they do is move in with a JCB and scrape off the top 12 inches of topsoil, and I'm sure that this is almost certainly standard archaeological practice...
Shades of Pot, Kettle, Black?
Another day another WSI?
Susan......
First of all and on behalf of other Metel-detectors I would like to apologize to Mr John Browning who suffered the Nighthawks on his land.
As a member of a M.D.Club this is strictly out of bounds for any member to go out at night.
Before we go onto any land we always get permission from the landowner once this has been granted a contract will be drawn up and both landowner and club will sign this contract.
When any Artefact or Coin is found it is reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officers who will record the find which will then go on to a national data base which builds a picture of the past.
Colin Galvin..........
Most often, Archaeologists stress the importance of 'archaeological context' when excavating finds, and frequently complain that detectorists destroy the 'context' of an item when they dig something up.
If you have ever watched 'Time Team', you'll know that one of the first things that they do is move in with a JCB and scrape off the top 12 inches of topsoil, and I'm sure that this is almost certainly standard archaeological practice...
Shades of Pot, Kettle, Black?
Another day another WSI?