All Cannings Site Saved from Commercial Looting: More fallout

Very ancient landscape

Just how devoted are these detectorists to "preserving the past" and what have they been led to understand that means?

Wiltshire Museum @WiltshireMuseum
IMPORTANT UPDATE: We have just heard that the rally has been cancelled. Thanks to all those involved.

Followed by:

Vanguard @vanguard1069 · 3 godz. W odpowiedzi do @WiltshireMuseum i @PasWiltshire
Well overstepped the boundaries this time, driven a wedge between detectorist and PAS, watch the reporting rate drop now, no authority to do this and axt this way

See how artefact hunters feel empowered to be the ones that 'set the boundaries'? Who empowered them? and why? Then there is this:

Nathan price@N4TE_DOG 28 wrz W odpowiedzi do @WiltshireMuseum i @PasWiltshire
You treat this like a victory and yet demand respect of detectorists alike. Shameful

Nobody 'demands' anything, Mr Price. Nobody expects anything, the suggestion has been made that given some slack,  the majority of detectorists will voluntarily decide to behave responsibly and strive to avoid doing damage. This episode is yet another one that leads to the wisdom of that approach being questioned.