15th January 2008, 09:39 PM
I do have to disagree with Peter... I see his point... but at the end of the day... where there is a will... and I and I am sure he can remember how we started in archaeology
NOW... HOT of the PRESS and straight from the Horses Mouth...
a BAJR SCOOP! even!
this just in from someone actually on the show... and a very very interesting point that the two detectorists are showing that they have continued to show that they are willing !
"Hi Bajr, I have been reading the comments on your forum. Interesting and ...mostly...positive.
Obviuosly what we all saw was a pastiche of hours (and years!) of filming so what you see and interpret isn't the whole picture. So I'm still glad by the postive responses.
I see (and it's a good thing), that it is causing some to ask honest questions about ourselves and the profession, which I find (sometimes) is rather full of it but I suppose every profession has double standards and members who quite clearly should not be in the said profession.
By and by though and going back to the programme itself...I thought the final (aired) version was too short. Pity no one on the forum has asked..."so what actually happened in the end?" Boy could I spill the beans and shame many an ARCHAEOLOGIST for their incompetence in mishandling what started as a very postive venture that took the best part of four years of my life. So much more happened after the cameras stopped rolling! Good thing to, coz, as far as I'm concerned, the system put in place to cater for such discoveries failed at the final hurdle and you don't want to see that on national television!
It is our fortune then Mark and Geoff continue to work with the archaeological community, especially York Uni and endeavour to do the right thing as best as they can, not being archaeologists. They have their own club now with a very limited membership and ownership of a GPS is standard. What more could you ask of people pursuing, what is afterall, a hobby (and a legal one at that).
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
NOW... HOT of the PRESS and straight from the Horses Mouth...
a BAJR SCOOP! even!
this just in from someone actually on the show... and a very very interesting point that the two detectorists are showing that they have continued to show that they are willing !
"Hi Bajr, I have been reading the comments on your forum. Interesting and ...mostly...positive.
Obviuosly what we all saw was a pastiche of hours (and years!) of filming so what you see and interpret isn't the whole picture. So I'm still glad by the postive responses.
I see (and it's a good thing), that it is causing some to ask honest questions about ourselves and the profession, which I find (sometimes) is rather full of it but I suppose every profession has double standards and members who quite clearly should not be in the said profession.
By and by though and going back to the programme itself...I thought the final (aired) version was too short. Pity no one on the forum has asked..."so what actually happened in the end?" Boy could I spill the beans and shame many an ARCHAEOLOGIST for their incompetence in mishandling what started as a very postive venture that took the best part of four years of my life. So much more happened after the cameras stopped rolling! Good thing to, coz, as far as I'm concerned, the system put in place to cater for such discoveries failed at the final hurdle and you don't want to see that on national television!
It is our fortune then Mark and Geoff continue to work with the archaeological community, especially York Uni and endeavour to do the right thing as best as they can, not being archaeologists. They have their own club now with a very limited membership and ownership of a GPS is standard. What more could you ask of people pursuing, what is afterall, a hobby (and a legal one at that).
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu