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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4288178, member: 110504"]The brilliant thing about metal detecting, starting from the UK, is the level of responsibility that people who do this have demonstrated over the last small handful of decades. </p><p>This is <i>not</i> your stereotypical American detectorist, trawling for college (or, God forbid, wedding) rings on the beach. In a best case --and they are legion-- detectorists are almost a 'fifth column' for archaeologists. Witness the number of major hoards that have been found there over the last few years. Here's only the latest example I've heard of: </p><p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7957823/Treasure-hunters-Britains-largest-coin-hoard-discovering-69-347-Roman-Celtic-pieces.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7957823/Treasure-hunters-Britains-largest-coin-hoard-discovering-69-347-Roman-Celtic-pieces.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7957823/Treasure-hunters-Britains-largest-coin-hoard-discovering-69-347-Roman-Celtic-pieces.html</a></p><p>Right, specifically in the UK, there are little, mitigating details, like Treasure Trove Law. But that can't be the only factor. These people know what they're about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4288178, member: 110504"]The brilliant thing about metal detecting, starting from the UK, is the level of responsibility that people who do this have demonstrated over the last small handful of decades. This is [I]not[/I] your stereotypical American detectorist, trawling for college (or, God forbid, wedding) rings on the beach. In a best case --and they are legion-- detectorists are almost a 'fifth column' for archaeologists. Witness the number of major hoards that have been found there over the last few years. Here's only the latest example I've heard of: [URL]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7957823/Treasure-hunters-Britains-largest-coin-hoard-discovering-69-347-Roman-Celtic-pieces.html[/URL] Right, specifically in the UK, there are little, mitigating details, like Treasure Trove Law. But that can't be the only factor. These people know what they're about.[/QUOTE]
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