10-25-2006, 10:06 AM
It is not everywhere the case that the soil is in a condition where the metal objects are destroyed. It is normally the case where there is a lot of fertilizer used. In those areas it is probably reasonable to get the artifacts. This should be decided by official authorities, of course.
The problem is that the detectorists usually go to places where they are not easily seen, such as woods. In those areas, however, the conditions are normally not so that the objects are suffering from destruction.
It should be clear to everyone in the hobby, be it a reenactor, be it a hobby-historian, that the people who sell and buy unprovenanced / unpublished artifacts which are not from an official excavation, are actively harming our knowledge, our heritage and our hobby. Period.
The problem is that the detectorists usually go to places where they are not easily seen, such as woods. In those areas, however, the conditions are normally not so that the objects are suffering from destruction.
It should be clear to everyone in the hobby, be it a reenactor, be it a hobby-historian, that the people who sell and buy unprovenanced / unpublished artifacts which are not from an official excavation, are actively harming our knowledge, our heritage and our hobby. Period.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
