30th December 2005, 03:34 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Beer Beast
DAZ, thank you for the contribution. I must add to a post from PMP from an earlier post, I'm a post med specialist, where do you place the emphasis on later historic ferrous artefacts?
Hi Beerbeast,
Having re-read what i think is the post you mentioned by Post Medieval Potter, i must admit i do agree with his summing up of Detecting Practices! to much emphasis is indeed placed upon the non ferrous items and not enough on ferrous items that would indeed indicate industrial activity in a localised area, the train of thought on early Industrial Archaeology is quite often forgotten by Detectorists, just like Pottery and Bone can indicate human prescence, ferrous items such as bloomery deposits can also do the same and i think it is an avenue more than worthy of further exploration.After speaking with local Archaeologists at the SMR and asking what they would like to see and guaging their reactions to specific finds i now tend not to take in coins or artefacts that i tend to find and are widely associated with Detecting, i now take finds that are a complete mystery and can be so blank in appearance but are held with the same esteem as the nice Roman Fibula that was found on the same field,these finds are all G.P.S ed just like the others as it can provide a more complete background of an area or a particular field.However when i record findspot locations with G.P.S i do not record the positions of every single Victorian coin i find but rather prefer to provide a spectrum of finds from all periods, but Industrial age finds do feature prominently in my yearly reports to the SMR.
Best Wishes
Darren
