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Digger
to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past
Ok - so what are you finding out? My argument is that if people took the time to actually learn a little technique, theyd find out more than just simply medal detectoring. Its an ethical observation more than a pompous statement fuelled by ignorance. To be honest both of us could sit here all day calling eachother ignorant, but I dont choose to result to insult. How about the next dig you do, take a 6 figure grid reference of the area your excavating, put a small scale in your photographs of your objects.....do a quick "plan" drawing of your excavation and plot where your finds are....or is that too hard?
If you wanted to be even more responsible you could even do a section drawing showing at what depth youve found your artefacts....send it off to your local archaeology or PAS unit - even if the one isnt bothered, the PAS will be. Im not sounding off because I think all archaeology should be done by archaeologists only (although there are those who would say this!) - If you read my previous posts - if it wasnt for metal-detectorists then alot of stuff wouldnt be found. This being said, if you guys tried to compromise with archeeological techniques, rather than calling the trained guys c**ts for having ago at your lack of technique, perhaps then we'd all be better off?
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