20th January 2014, 12:09 PM
I agree ,but it is not always the case as i have seen ceramic material on a busy site also culled. To get back on topic i am very much a believer that MD's should be a part of all excavation strategies and having been involved is such exercises for the last 25 or so years remain convinced that a detector in capable hands is a must use tool. There are issues and some have been touched upon by a number of posters ,but PO's need to be pragmatic in their approach and not get so worried by the "grey areas" of archaeological ethics in using detectors and especially volunteers.