tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post1391734428003445691..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Detectorists' Supporter's Mixed Loyalties Over Illicit AntiquitiesPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-3249582316319015002011-01-09T07:03:29.186-08:002011-01-09T07:03:29.186-08:00This comment is TOTALLY unrelated to the topic of ...This comment is TOTALLY unrelated to the topic of the post !!!<br /><br />"Simonthesearcher" says on EFID Forum: <i>"Disgracefull,,Barford,if your reading ,nice one,lets hear what you got to say about this then"</i> <br /><br /><br />I really do not see why its a "nice one"...I have discussed this in a separate post.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-17720491214384785112011-01-09T02:21:18.481-08:002011-01-09T02:21:18.481-08:00Mr Barford .... so we don't see eye to eye on...Mr Barford .... so we don't see eye to eye on a few aspects of heritage but I think you're the man to have a look at this and with your contacts, you may be able to assist in getting something done about it. With luck your allies have already found it and sent it to you.<br /> <br />Posted up on EFID yesterday:<br /><br />"Some of you will have been to Nuštar, the village where I do most of my detecting. Well they are making a new soccer field next to the park. they had scraped the surface level and i planned to go on when the freeze let up. Meanwhile, they dug the foundations for the stand and found a lot of regular dark shapes. They turned out to be graves. Instead of informing the museum or quietly bulldozing them, they told the mayor of the village who got the graveyard workers to dig them (this is of course illegal). they dug fifteen graves and cleared the goods out before I got to hear about it. I asked the workers and site officails what they had found other than bones and they said they thought the grave was from the first world war or just before. I insisted on seeing what was found and was directed to the Chapel of Rest in Nuštar cemetery. All the bones from the graves were mixed together in binbags. I asked if they hadn't informed the museum and was told the museum wasn't interested. Then I saw that they had a plastic carrier bag with some bronze objects. I was amazed to see that they were Avar culture, from the 7- 8th century. I photographed the material, then took the decision to inform the museum, or at least ask if they had heard anything.<br />The archie I spoke to couldn't look me in the eye of course, and I got the feeling that the museum knew, but were turning a blind eye. I handed over the photos, so now they have to move on it, but we'll see.<br />Here are some bits:"<br /><br />The pictures can be seen at:<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=273880&id=545844311Sheddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156650433886478041noreply@blogger.com