In praise of treasure hunting?

[Dan Diffendale]

There's a relevant discussion in this issue of Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, all freely available:
http://pia-journal.co.uk/index.php/pia/i...ew/pia.331

David Gill, in particular, attempts the difficult task of estimating the percentage of reported vs. unreported finds, and concludes, "These figures suggest that either there are many detectorists who find nothing, or that there is substantial under-reporting".