Volunteers in commercial archaeology

[Sniffer]

We allow contribution from people 'supernumerary to establishment' which means we do all the required work, and they are permitted to do appropriate work alongside, in small numbers, providing there's good reason. Local societies are far from thick in my view and can often add valuable insight. We used some detectorists for backfill scanning. We had the equipment and manpower to do it ourselves, but instead used that manpower to supervise and guide the volunteers. The part of our standard terms is that we will not obtain pecuniary advantage through the use of our commitment to education. Some wordy stuff like that.

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