tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post6116546425569995807..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: English dugups, fresh from the soil, git 'em 'ere at 'onest Joe'sPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-78565814221977780482009-05-20T11:51:56.003-07:002009-05-20T11:51:56.003-07:00Canadian coin collector John Hooker writes: http:/...Canadian coin collector John Hooker writes: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Moneta-L/message/92528<br /><I>There's some amusing reports on the usual anti-collecting blogs about some Roman coins being sold that were metal detected in Suffolk </I>. (“anti-collector”? No, “anti-<B>no-questions-asked-</B>collector”) <br /><br />Apparently Hooker thinks it is unlikely that the coins mentioned here were dug up from very deep, so they do not matter. I somehow think he has totally missed the point. <br /><br />He confidently predicts: <I>“Undoubtedly, more amusing stories will "surface" as a result of this post” </I>which presumably means he is deliberately baiting those of us advocating archaeological resource preservation measures. No, there will not be any “amusing stories” on the basis of a single post on a numismatic discussion list which misses the point about what was being said and repeats generally known facts about metal detectors (unless you are a North American coin collector that is, most of them do not seem to know anything much about anything).Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com