19th November 2008, 08:07 PM
I feel for them though.. as I am currently writing the same bleedin thing 3 times over... an at the end of the day.. it gets published anyway... you want it? It s there to be seen. However... it is required... - not suggested --- but required to declare treasure... the ring brooch.... not sure thats treasure.. but the coins... now that would be classed as.
The difference being... if a member of the public fails to declare.. the artefact and info are lost forever... if an archaeologist fails to declare.. they are still publishing, and both the artefact and info are NOT lost forever. So I would put it as a lesser 'crime' a telling off rather than anything else.. After all, its not as if they are keeping quiet about it, nipping onto ebay and flogging it... that would be wrong... and sadly there are enough members of the public willing to do that already. :face-stir:
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
The difference being... if a member of the public fails to declare.. the artefact and info are lost forever... if an archaeologist fails to declare.. they are still publishing, and both the artefact and info are NOT lost forever. So I would put it as a lesser 'crime' a telling off rather than anything else.. After all, its not as if they are keeping quiet about it, nipping onto ebay and flogging it... that would be wrong... and sadly there are enough members of the public willing to do that already. :face-stir:
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers