tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8264575255482659269..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Detectorists: Coronavirus only Affects Other PeoplePaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-80578757436465555322021-01-26T11:35:41.782-08:002021-01-26T11:35:41.782-08:00Could be. Perhaps you need better lobbyists than t...Could be. Perhaps you need better lobbyists than the NCMD. But since PAS cannot actually meet finders to record finds as they were pre-pandemic, then nothing that can be called "responsible detecting" can take place. Fishing and hunting are not subject to the same recording responsibilities as artefact hunting. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-40877172112858997462021-01-26T08:19:16.148-08:002021-01-26T08:19:16.148-08:00"So, the infection rates are going up, and ev...<i><b>"So, the infection rates are going up, and everybody else is going to be tightening the measures, but they, because they think themselves a special exception, want the regulations about travel and being outside their own property to be relaxed just for them... Pathetic."</b></i><br /><br />Not at all true, as usual 🙂<br /><br />The NCMD has been pursued by metal detectorists demanding action not because they think they're "<b>a special exception</b>" but because the Government has made them a Special Exclusion.<br /><br />The Government allowed Game, Sea, and Coarse Fishing, and Field Sports i.e. Hunting and Shooting to carry out their "healthy" outdoor sports on private land, despite as you so correctly note, "the infection rates are going up", whilst at the same time denying Metal Detecting and Field Walking without explanation.<br /><br />Could it be anything to do with Parliamentary Lobbyists and the pastimes of politicians rather than the danger of rampant metal detectorists wilfully spreading disease do you think?<br /><br />Dr Martyn Gleaden PhD, MA, BSc, BEd<br /><br />Dr. Martyn Gleadenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022382361986108498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-86674806675063798142021-01-22T02:53:35.875-08:002021-01-22T02:53:35.875-08:00I would have thought that landowners alone should ...I would have thought that landowners alone should be discussing this with DCMS as it is they and their families who could be put at risk for no good reason.<br />Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.com