30th December 2005, 12:06 PM
Steve-B,
I of course have no idea what interests you personally. How could I? My assorted pot sherd and flint collection, retained for use as a reference collection to show community groups and schools is pretty interesting to them, but the MD's I know don't find it particularly stimulating. Come to think of it neither do my archaeological colleagues! You have already demonstated on this forum that you are not an "average atefact hunter", so you may well be interested in my collection. By the way your three wise monkeys would have pride of place in my assemblage.
Sorry, I'm already falling into the endemic defensive posture that this thread seems to create. My comments were to illustrate that I agree that personal collections are acceptable in some cases.
I of course have no idea what interests you personally. How could I? My assorted pot sherd and flint collection, retained for use as a reference collection to show community groups and schools is pretty interesting to them, but the MD's I know don't find it particularly stimulating. Come to think of it neither do my archaeological colleagues! You have already demonstated on this forum that you are not an "average atefact hunter", so you may well be interested in my collection. By the way your three wise monkeys would have pride of place in my assemblage.
Sorry, I'm already falling into the endemic defensive posture that this thread seems to create. My comments were to illustrate that I agree that personal collections are acceptable in some cases.