tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post5411931120167176026..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Focus on UK Metal Detecting: The Profits to be Made from Commercial Metal Detecting Rallies"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-88838200512228415922013-07-31T00:39:09.067-07:002013-07-31T00:39:09.067-07:00"The National Farmers Union is for, or agains..."The National Farmers Union is for, or against conservation?"<br /><br />Well, they take the archaeologists' view that detecting rallies are damaging and that rallies, if any, should be run in accordance with official guidelines. Very few ever were and possibly none now are so we can say the NFU considers nearly all (and perhaps all) detecting rallies damaging. <br /><br />How detectorists who run or attend rallies - or PAS employees - square that with their consciences goodness knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com