28th September 2009, 12:52 PM
Well, I haven't seen any of the other comments but how many of the commentators are actually archaeologists? I would be terrified of the thought of having someone film me while I excavated one of the 'most important finds in the world ever' - it isn't exactly brain surgery, can be quite vigorous and you are probably not going to look good one way or another. Are these the same sort of comments that criticise the use of machines or mattocks, which, let's face it, are a fairly brutal but perfectly acceptable in the right circumstances? I wouldn't feel qualified to criticise a detectorist for not using 'best practice', whatever that might even be (assuming they weren't doing something illegal); how qualified are the critics of this video?
Perhaps we should start basing all of our opions of the world on what is available on YouTube!
Perhaps we should start basing all of our opions of the world on what is available on YouTube!