tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post7548315980363495998..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Detecting Under the Microscope: Noctadetecting Deeper nowPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-11829463942910625692012-09-01T13:35:52.742-07:002012-09-01T13:35:52.742-07:00What about how many sites they have preserved?
I...What about how many sites they have preserved? <br /><br />I dispute the figures you quote. Even just in the context of the British Isles. Why not ask the Portable Antiquities Scheme how they estimate the "numbers of finds" would pan out at for both groups in twenty years? In any case, do they not see the issue as one of "partnership" rather than "mine-is-bigger-than-yours" rivalry?<br /><br />Now, about this "fact"... So what? Are you accusing them or the landowner (or the dealer) of an illegal act? Perhaps they were disclaimed treasure? So you think it is just metal detectorists who have the "right" to sell coins and nobody else? What kind of a "partnership" do you call that? <br /><br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-32519279590662540322012-09-01T02:32:21.155-07:002012-09-01T02:32:21.155-07:00Noctatecting? Get a life please mr Barford. Detect...Noctatecting? Get a life please mr Barford. Detectorists have unearthed more significant finds this last 20 years than any archaeologists. On the subject of archeologists, a dealer purchased some gold staters unearthed on a local roman/iron age site from you guessed it, archeologists! FACT .NICKNICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651425110551330448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-2111964685355989982012-04-20T22:13:19.553-07:002012-04-20T22:13:19.553-07:00Nighthawking is illegal and digging below ploughso...Nighthawking is illegal and digging below ploughsoil is damaging yet night vision goggles and depth-advantage detectors are widely advertised on metal detecting websites and magazines.<br /><br />Worse, the authorities say not a word. "Sod the morals" is right but it extends far beyond metal detectorists and manufacturers.Jeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889609889680163743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-16430160456195700252012-04-20T22:10:51.903-07:002012-04-20T22:10:51.903-07:00Well, I think if they go out "noctatecting&qu...Well, I think if they go out "noctatecting" with a "silent threshold machine" there's a good chance they will not get caught. <br /><br />Also of course making the tools in Turkey is not illegal, using them on archaeological sites within the country would be illegal. But no doubt both manufacturer and advertiser will say they are not responsible for the use people put these machines too (the "guns don't kill people" argument).Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-15477764406542306882012-04-20T13:34:42.484-07:002012-04-20T13:34:42.484-07:00Not to be overly pernickety, but sod the morals .....Not to be overly pernickety, but sod the morals ... metal detectors are banned in Greece, and I would guess they would be in Turkey too? Or is that asking too much from Google Ads, a legal product?Dorothy Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820009282218419179noreply@blogger.com