Satius est...

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Detectorist "Gwawrer":

"Its better out of the ground and in your hand for the history or monetary value rather than left in the ground to rot doing nothing for anyone".

Just being potential archaeological information about the past for future generations, eh? Is that the "best practice" the PAS is teaching them? And if it's not actively "rotting", what then?

Is that not a little like saying shoot the rhinos and release their horn onto the Asian quack medicine market where there is a need for it, because all of them will eventually die of old age in the end anyway?