28th September 2010, 02:02 PM
no, thats not what I meant at all.... I was trying to make the point that education of detectorists is the best thing, I put the banning them issue to prove my point that we shouldnt be so elitist and smug in the way, as a proffession, we look down on people who are just interested. My personal opinion is that encouraging people to detect and report is a good thing, I used 'we' to generalise on the whole profession, and sayin it will never happen was supposed to encourage those who look down on detecting to realise they need to change their ideas and be pleasaed that somethnig like the PAS exists.... not ridicule their ability to ascertain the provenance of an object such as the cumbrian helmet