A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
Sunday, 3 June 2018
Taking Farmer-Fooling to new levels: Be on the Lookout for 'PAS 7 DUG'
Mr Hamer, I am reading what it says. It seems they couldn't afford a proper 'T'. So, you say it's PAST DUG up and pocketed by Priscans? Maybe. Are you a Priscan?
Hi Paul The vehicle belongs to me and the registration number is as simple to read as I pointed out. It may be worth your while to ask us for information before letting your assumptions run wild on here and presuming as you do that we are all in it for the money! I assure you this is not the case. Robert
Seven is simple to read as seven. A 'T' can be read as 'T'. Pocketing artefacts is not about the money, selling the items from a personal collection (or superfluous to it) would be though.
You would be pleased to know that no items recovered by myself have ever been sold and any items of treasure we have reported have been donated to the Museums that expressed an interest. Regards Robert
Yes, I think we may assume that the non-Treasure items that are not sold have ended up somewhere. Of are they 'hedge-fodder'? We have PAST DUG and what....?
British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
"coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG
"heap-of-artefacts-on-a-table-collecting" the term rather speaks for itself, an accumulation of loose artefacts with no attempt to link each item with documented origins. Most often used to refer to metal detectorists (ice-cream tubs-full) and ancient coin collectors (Roman coins sold in aggregated bulk lots)
"tekkie" - metal detectorist/metal detecting (a form of artefact hunting)
CDE - Collection-Driven Exploitation of archaeological sites
CPAC - Cultural Property Advisory Committee [US]
FLO - Finds Liaison Officer (post in the PAS)
HER - Historic Environment Record [UK]
IAPN - International Association of Professional Numismatists
MENA - Middle East and North Africa
PAS - Portable Antiquities Scheme
PNG - Professional Numismatists' Guild
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO 1970 Convention - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
10 comments:
Try PAST DUG
Nothing to do with PAS, again your presumptions are incorrect.
Mr Hamer, I am reading what it says. It seems they couldn't afford a proper 'T'. So, you say it's PAST DUG up and pocketed by Priscans? Maybe. Are you a Priscan?
Hi Paul
The vehicle belongs to me and the registration number is as simple to read as I pointed out.
It may be worth your while to ask us for information before letting your assumptions run wild on here and presuming as you do that we are all in it for the money! I assure you this is not the case.
Robert
Seven is simple to read as seven. A 'T' can be read as 'T'. Pocketing artefacts is not about the money, selling the items from a personal collection (or superfluous to it) would be though.
You would be pleased to know that no items recovered by myself have ever been sold and any items of treasure we have reported have been donated to the Museums that expressed an interest.
Regards
Robert
Good we've got that sorted out. Now, the worthless non-Treasure items that are not sold, in what way is that not 'being pocketed by priscans'?
More assumptions.....!!!!!
Yes, I think we may assume that the non-Treasure items that are not sold have ended up somewhere. Of are they 'hedge-fodder'? We have PAST DUG and what....?
What you haven't got Mr Barford is evidence...just your opinion!!
An opinion that from what I can see nobody shares with you!
Yes, I guess having all those primary school kids to whom you exhibit your stuff adoring you has gone to your head.
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