tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2601229014949274838..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: More Pro-Artefact Hunting Propaganda from Treasure RegistrarPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-64809885433543066922016-04-13T21:38:38.944-07:002016-04-13T21:38:38.944-07:00"I wonder what Farmer Silas Brown thinks of l...<br />"I wonder what Farmer Silas Brown thinks of landowners who "give up" their reward without being told what potential financial loss that involves."<br /><br />I'll ask his notionalship but I should imagine he'd say that sort of thing happening with Treasure items is merely the publicly visible tip of a very dirty iceberg involving hundreds of thousands of non-treasure items. Why else would the NCMD and FID model search agreements not specify that an independent valuer should be consulted, other than to keep the valuation solely in the hands of the financially interested finders, some of whom - who can deny it - will be financially interested fraudsters? <br /><br />Thanks for your little bit of Twitter dialogue. It was a bit like lifting the corner of a very brightly coloured carpet and revealing what's underneath. I think Silas will have something to say about it shortly, on behalf of all landowners who have never been offered an independent appraisal by a detectorist, (i.e. nearly all of them, judging by the finds agreements).<br /><br />All that remains to be seen is whether Silas can find an image of a dirty iceberg with a clean white tip. If there are any British archaeologiists or Treasure Registrars out there who can, please send it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com