21st July 2006, 08:05 PM
Nigel,forgive me but my memory isnt what it should be at the moment... is this site the same one that was detected last year and caused concerns?
No Steve, that was the "Near Avebury" one. Can't remember if you were one of the detectorists who shared my unease about that one but this one, I assure you, is much much worse - hence my confidence there are a lot of detectorists who think it shouldn't be supported. The Thornborough Complex isn't a World heritage site but it might very well be one day. Imagine detecting within yards of Stonehenge, that would be perfectly equivalent. In fact, I challenge anyone to find anywhere worse than Thornboro to hold a rally. I wish you lot would get organised and put internal pressure on those who choose such places, it does your hobby absolutely no good as i have said before ad nauseam in my nagging fashion.
No Steve, that was the "Near Avebury" one. Can't remember if you were one of the detectorists who shared my unease about that one but this one, I assure you, is much much worse - hence my confidence there are a lot of detectorists who think it shouldn't be supported. The Thornborough Complex isn't a World heritage site but it might very well be one day. Imagine detecting within yards of Stonehenge, that would be perfectly equivalent. In fact, I challenge anyone to find anywhere worse than Thornboro to hold a rally. I wish you lot would get organised and put internal pressure on those who choose such places, it does your hobby absolutely no good as i have said before ad nauseam in my nagging fashion.