20th August 2010, 06:21 PM
It is one of these eternal issues... and one that many know I have been deeply involved in for some time.
a group of detecting nighthawks plunder and damage, this gives all detectorists an air of (unfairly tarred) suspicion, which creates a general feeling of horror when an archaeologist sees a detectorist in a field, this leads the detectorist to fel that the elitist arcaheologist is picking on them for the crimes of others, and if they had been talked to rather than snubbed or talked down to, then they would be happier, but what happens is they then distruct the archaeologists, who in turn, find the detectorists a closed and secretive group (find an open detecting forum for example) thus perpetuating the cycle of mistrust and distrust.
The more we do talk... and hey if it is robustly then what teh hell, its stil talking (I and a few others do it on detecting forums, and I never take things too personally! ) so lets get it out, and perhaps seeing the other views may be a step forward.
a group of detecting nighthawks plunder and damage, this gives all detectorists an air of (unfairly tarred) suspicion, which creates a general feeling of horror when an archaeologist sees a detectorist in a field, this leads the detectorist to fel that the elitist arcaheologist is picking on them for the crimes of others, and if they had been talked to rather than snubbed or talked down to, then they would be happier, but what happens is they then distruct the archaeologists, who in turn, find the detectorists a closed and secretive group (find an open detecting forum for example) thus perpetuating the cycle of mistrust and distrust.
The more we do talk... and hey if it is robustly then what teh hell, its stil talking (I and a few others do it on detecting forums, and I never take things too personally! ) so lets get it out, and perhaps seeing the other views may be a step forward.