tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post8768245594329618140..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: A Metal Detectorist's Christmas WishesPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-73781184594120940082021-02-03T11:33:15.219-08:002021-02-03T11:33:15.219-08:00Oh, is that a threat Mr Howland?
There is nothin...Oh, is that a threat Mr Howland? <br /><br />There is nothing in my post that is a "lie", is there? <br /> Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-24816307380016690202021-02-02T11:18:54.985-08:002021-02-02T11:18:54.985-08:00I challenge you to publish your lies when you are ...I challenge you to publish your lies when you are next in England. This challenge is going to be published on my blog.Publish a retraction and I'll consider a more lenient course of action.John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-17481363138658541962020-12-26T03:50:35.930-08:002020-12-26T03:50:35.930-08:00Just a few words echoing Brian M's support.
W...Just a few words echoing Brian M's support.<br /> What does Howland really expect to achieve by this? That's other than illustrating he's a narcissistic blowhard who threatens vulnerable people?<br /><br />Bland and chums at PAS really need to wake up to what's really going on within detecting. Far from being the salt of the earth, personalities such as this, with criminal tendencies, are rife within detector owners/users. <br />You wonder what they would do if denied access to land that 'their' research suggests contain a mother lode of heritage? <br /><br /> Let's hope the boys in blue take action beyond a stern talking to and the 'Big man' Howland ends up with the conviction he deserves.Hougenaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572432580825010946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-1917222095876329422020-12-25T23:25:45.644-08:002020-12-25T23:25:45.644-08:00Just some of the British Paul.
This morning a det...Just some of the British Paul.<br /><br />This morning a detectorist has written: "Now that Barfart has published John Howland's picture there's no reason on earth why we shouldn't do the same to him and Swift together with their personal details. Fair's fair".<br /><br />Of course, it's not true because Howland and his family aren't at risk from an unknown number of thuggish conservationists.<br /><br />Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-90240906573943546652020-12-25T04:02:52.524-08:002020-12-25T04:02:52.524-08:00This sort of thing seems to be a plague in the Deg...This sort of thing seems to be a plague in the Degenerate West. Mr Howland has presumably looked up the addresses he's posted on GE, so he'll have seen the security fence and guardhouse of the place I am at the moment. What is the matter with the British? Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-52748084591727450222020-12-25T03:26:36.096-08:002020-12-25T03:26:36.096-08:00Paul, to say I'm outraged by his behaviour har...Paul, to say I'm outraged by his behaviour hardly covers it.<br /><br />It's so sad because coincidentally someone I know has suffered similar behaviour in North Yorkshire and today - Christmas morning of all times - she has been visited by both the police AND the fire brigade and at this very moment they are fitting new locks, fire alarms and a panic button to her house and have set up an alternative address for her to move into if necessary. Someone is in custody awaiting court proceedings. I don't know if their threats were direct or of the Howland variety but clearly the police recognise threats however they're issued.<br /><br />I hope your parents live in an area where the authorities are as efficient as in North Yorkshire. I also hope detectorists in general will get to hear about this and express their views forcibly. I also see that the Heritage Journal contains this statement: "I have asked Dr Bland of the PAS to condemn the threat 4 times but he has failed to do so. The fact the police have taken it seriously but PAS still refuses to says it all." Michael Lewis ought to do better. What if it was his family?<br /><br />Please keep safe. I know these morons have several like-minded colleagues in both the UK and Poland who read Howland's blog so I hope your local police are fully aware too.Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.com