29th December 2005, 07:59 PM
Quote:quote:There is nothing that your average artefact hunter would bother with, but the same argument should apply.
With respect Mercenary, what the heck do you know that I as an artefact hunter would bother with?
Can I ask that before making a comment such as this, pop along to my shop and take a look through my finds, you might then want to rethink that statement.
Of course theere are artefact hunters that practically drool over the tought of making 'THE FIND', whereas in reality the majority of us would not waste what can be a satifying and intellectually rwading hobby chasing a dream.
My most prized find, that I show to most visitors to the shop, before the bronze age spearhead, roman coins, or my one Treasure Find, is in fact an early 20thC bronze casting of the three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear evil, talk no evil, which was and I still think is, shown on Corinnes website.
Why?, because it was a personal posession, that when I hold it, almost puts me in touh with the last owner, in a way that 'Treasure' never could.
I have several finds such as this, that in a purely monetary sense are worthless, but to me are priceless...
Try to bear in mind that Treasure means different things to different people.