7th December 2005, 09:47 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Steve-B
You could try to get metal detectors outlawed, but I think the likelyhood of that is less than slim, or alternatively we could try working together as I suggested.
Seems pretty pointless to me to keep working against each other when the solution to most problems could so easily be achieved with a little give and take on both sides.
Hi Steve,
Your points above are ones that I generally agree with. However, reading through the Valletta Convention, it seems to me that there are provisions that could indeed see metal detecting effectively banned as a hobby, if there was the political will to do so. While this is not what I'm advocating, I'd be interested to know how the Convention was received within the detecting communtity, and what (if any) actions the MD's took to ensure that the Convention wasn't implemented in this way.