12th January 2014, 01:30 PM
Hamish Wrote:And even when you have used a metal detector and excavated all metal signals in whatever context by the end of the working day, you still find the next morning various extra holes in site.
given that the majority of (50%+) of commercial sites are unexcavated, that the topsoil/subsoil is often ignored, and that recovery rate by hand (of coins etc) is very low, :
I SAY~ DETECT AWAY! (at own legal/personal risk of course)
>>if archaeologists percieve loss/damage at sites from detectorists then they need to take steps to recovery that material themsevlves!
[the vast majority of detectorists want to work with the archaeologists....]