30th January 2008, 02:46 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by RedEarth
I do wonder what the overall benefit of the PAS is to anyone other than detectorists.
This is a view that I have heard on a number of occasions and I have to admit that I occasionally drift that way myself... particularlly when I remember that so many detectorists distrust the âestablishmentâ that they set up their own scheme (UKDFD) to avoid having to benefit from my tainted tax money. Maybe it could be better spent beefing up HERs to provide some or all of the PAS service.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR Host
What and how would you use the data?
I would use the data to give an indication of the possible existence of âunidentifiedâ rural settlement in the same way I might infer something similar from a stray find recorded in an HER.
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