Two Years On, What Progress?

Campaigns, comment and communications from the CBA: Changes to the Treasure Act and a review of its practice code are long overdue, says Mike Heyworth. 

It is coming up to two years since the publication of this important CBA statement on current policies (I use the term loosely) on artefact hunting. Meanwhile the British archaeological record has suffered two years of unrelenting hoiking of thousands of 'collectable' artefacts from the fields of Britain (probably something over 600 000 according to HA figures) and two more years of equally damaging British archaeological complacency and near-total indifference.

May we ask what progress has been made in putting any of these postulates into action and what the real prospects are for change in our generation? See my earlier comments here:
'Metal Detecting Under the Microscope 4: Harsh Words at Last from the CBA About "Metal Detectorists"...', Tuesday, 11 October 2011 It is interesting to note that it is also something like the second anniversary of the beginning of the series of posts "Focus on UK metal detecting" documenting some of the problems with current laissez-faire approaches.