he amount of buried treasure discovered in the UK reached a new high last year as latest figures suggest more finds were reported in 2022 than in any other year since records began. Some 1,378 finds were made in 2022, marking the ninth consecutive year that the 1,000 mark has been exceeded, according to provisional information from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The figure represents an increase on 2021’s total of 1,072 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which was similar to the 2020 figure of 1,071.Dr Utopian was quoted as saying: "Responsible metal detecting the archaeological record has never been at such a high level as currently, and seems to be an inexhaustible source of goodies just there for the taking, no matter how much we hoik, the stuff keeps coming out of the ground! it's amazing!! We here at National Heritage are right chuffed!!"
Twisty Tarquin however will not actually tell it like it is... In 2019, for example, the total number of records of Treasure items was very similar to these trumpeted latest ones: ' British Museum says metal detectorists found 1,311 treasures last year' (Mark Brown, Guardian Tue 17 Mar 2020 ). BUT in 2019 the number of voluntarily-reported non-Treasure finds was 53483. In 2022, the number of Treasure finds was up by 67 records respective to the 2019 figures, but the number of voluntarily-reported non-Treasure items was down by 10230 records (43255 records). And what about the number of detectorists active, is it the same as it was in 2019, or has it gone up (or down?) since then?
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Hello, hello, hello, what's all this then?
"...is it teh same as it was in 2019,..." Joined the police then?
Hahahahahahah!
I think it is likely that the number of Treasure hunters has gone up in the past four years, don't you? After all, nobody is doing anything to actually curb the growth of this destructive and selfish hobby.
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