tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post4841836177072978178..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Future Trends in Metal Detecting in the UKPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-77002069333482839072012-06-29T01:00:46.713-07:002012-06-29T01:00:46.713-07:00Well, people with a vested interest aren't kno...Well, people with a vested interest aren't known for producing good solutions, not unless they're saints.<br />Take the Code of Responsible Detecting. Detectorists helped draft that and emasculated it to the point where it's a joke.<br /><br />No. If archaeologist want to formulate rules and policies that are best for Archaeology they should talk amongst themselves and not invite anyone that has any other agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-90340218108217135842012-06-29T00:29:38.992-07:002012-06-29T00:29:38.992-07:00Well, in a normal situation such a discussion SHOU...Well, in a normal situation such a discussion SHOULD include that organization, but in this case, that organization has shown it is not a bit interested in (and incapable of) any form of reflection and discussion, even as you know labelling those engaged in trying to get one going "trolls". Scandalous.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-28402595059523919892012-06-28T23:54:19.087-07:002012-06-28T23:54:19.087-07:00Paul, I think nobody could plausibly claim that bi...Paul, I think nobody could plausibly claim that big hoards and the publicising of them (including by means of six-part officially sanctioned telly programmes) won't result in huge increases in artefact hunting. The claim that “we’ll try to push the responsibility line” is hardly a defence for what is basically indefensible.<br /><br />But I think what needs to be looked at is WHY we have arrived at this point . Isn’t it that we’ve got here by sheer accident? We have set up a quango whose continuance is dependent upon showing an ever rising number of recorded items and this has caused it to over-praise the activity and to move from being the intended voice of moderation to a champion of detectorists and an active promoter of ever-greater growth in the amount of artefact hunting.<br /><br />If there’s to be a debate amongst archaeologists it ought to be about how to break that cycle and any such discussion shouldn’t include the very institution that is locked into that cycle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com