19th August 2005, 02:08 PM
Cetainly had my hands full on the other forums!!
The finds would be subject to the present conditions of collection... as soemone so rightly expressed... the PAS only works cos the ammount of finds coming in is minimal. However.. as some one else said.... just how many roman coins do you need? surely the recording of the location and the type is enough.
It does open up a debate . but the finds are already sitting in peoples attics or .. gently degrading in the plough soil. If they are to be removed, I would prefer the understanding of the archaeological concepts of recording and understanding survey techniques, disgard policies and stratigraphy to be understood and carried out... (by detectorists, amatuers and even some archaeolgists)
Another day another WSI?
The finds would be subject to the present conditions of collection... as soemone so rightly expressed... the PAS only works cos the ammount of finds coming in is minimal. However.. as some one else said.... just how many roman coins do you need? surely the recording of the location and the type is enough.
It does open up a debate . but the finds are already sitting in peoples attics or .. gently degrading in the plough soil. If they are to be removed, I would prefer the understanding of the archaeological concepts of recording and understanding survey techniques, disgard policies and stratigraphy to be understood and carried out... (by detectorists, amatuers and even some archaeolgists)
Another day another WSI?