15th November 2009, 04:39 PM
Gary Brun Wrote:I dont know why they dont see it
It's like anything in life....unless you have done it properly yourself you don't fully understand it. And we as detectorists don't exactly put much effort into educating the rule makers, by use of action do we?. We do plenty of talking and moaning but that's about it. Even the finds we show are only the best complete ones, we rarely show all the tat and busted/corroded artefacts we find. And when we actually record the finds, do we ever record exactly how deep? and record the ground conditions? Nope we don't.
I myself have organised PAS & GPS recording days on sites with archaeologists down here. I have done metal detecting surveys for English Heritage before through the Oxford unit so they ARE capable of working with us! Perhaps I ought to make an effort when I get time and try get a few of us on a ploughed scheduled site. I know all our archaeologists down here as I work with them, even the Natural England chap is a good friend
Our FLO would be eager too as we have already done the GPS recording days and other things. Would probably need help with English Heritage though...