tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post1537422984225754026..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: PAS Gives Bad AdvicePaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-43193351202358048702020-01-12T02:14:16.341-08:002020-01-12T02:14:16.341-08:00No need for you to pay, you 'pay' for the ...No need for you to pay, you 'pay' for the loss of your heritage anyway. The FLO should have suggested to the organisers that they have a whip-round of the rally participants to cover the cost of a security firm that night and the next few days (and it would be interesting to note which of them refused), and approaching the soon-to-get-a-Treasure-reward landowner for his help Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-43163588511926968212020-01-12T01:46:50.936-08:002020-01-12T01:46:50.936-08:00Hoikers aren't clueless Paul, just greedy and ...Hoikers aren't clueless Paul, just greedy and willing to destroy knowledge when they don't have to. <br /><br />Sometimes PAS helps them do it, and apes their excuses, as at the too-hasty excavation of the Lenborough Hoard where the FLO who helped them before it got dark and half of them came back to steal it said <br /><br />“Archaeological people have criticised me for digging it there and then but there was no way we could guard that hoard overnight. Would there have been anybody to come and help?”<br /><br />I would have. I'd have sent a security firm and paid for it myself. Disgusting oiks.Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.com