30th June 2008, 12:26 PM
Agreed Paul, people should look at Britarch to see the whole sorry 'debate'. However... as I said above... as archaeologists.. yes.. we do put the info to the HER... but the public do not have our specialist skills... so would have to send the artefact for ID first.
The other intersting comment is about what happens to the iron - from what I have seen, it is discriminated out... unless its a BIG tractor piece or similar.... shotgun cartiges etc.. are found, and discarded.. I would expect that all finds of 'value' - and I, like you put the hazy archaeo-value on them.. should be recorded... I don't care how, I just say, record. You are quite right that the debate will never be won... I prefer to just get on and do something positive (like quite a few others) - it is just a shame I was hobbled this year.[hm]
I did have to laugh at the Water Newton stuff... as it was indeed praised - and even seen as a model (though the full reality of what happened to me over the past year - was truely vicious - and in the end .. shall we say... I was 'guilty' of ensuring that a proper record was made...rather than just watching and ranting - its a topsy turvy world)
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
The other intersting comment is about what happens to the iron - from what I have seen, it is discriminated out... unless its a BIG tractor piece or similar.... shotgun cartiges etc.. are found, and discarded.. I would expect that all finds of 'value' - and I, like you put the hazy archaeo-value on them.. should be recorded... I don't care how, I just say, record. You are quite right that the debate will never be won... I prefer to just get on and do something positive (like quite a few others) - it is just a shame I was hobbled this year.[hm]
I did have to laugh at the Water Newton stuff... as it was indeed praised - and even seen as a model (though the full reality of what happened to me over the past year - was truely vicious - and in the end .. shall we say... I was 'guilty' of ensuring that a proper record was made...rather than just watching and ranting - its a topsy turvy world)
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu