A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
OK, here it comes. I'm going to say something nice about a metal detectorist in under 2000 words. This post by a metal detectorist "Collectors of coins and relics" by metal detectorist Skute (Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:51 pm) is well worth reading if one is thinking of buying artefacts on ebay. Caveat emptor, there are a LOT of fakes around. Note, though, the metal detectorist's text makes absolutely no mention of the issue of collecting histories and 'grounding'.
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