26th March 2014, 09:59 AM
GnomeKing Wrote:[what follows is in relation to ploughed sites, and i would certainly bereally very pissed at a metal detectorist poking around in 'pristine' locations]
Apologies for possibly dumb question but when you say a 'ploughed site' is that a site that has just been ploughed or a site that has been ploughed in previous years. For example my Local Authority lets you detect public parks. I've seen pictures of the park some 40 years ago when it was a ploughed field. Would this therefore count as a ploughed site or not. I'm not looking for an excuse by saying 'most fields have been ploughed at some stage or another' as how am I to know if they have, however if you do know they had been ploughed I just wanted to know whether they counted as a ploughed site to which you were referring. Also does it make a difference if it was say ploughed 200 years ago as opposed to 5?
Cheers
PS the question from Andy is there BAJR