Why do people think metal detecting disturbs archeological evidence, when the objects come from plough soil?
No-one thinks that metal detecting disturbs archaeological evidence – it’s ham-fisted digging that may or may not disturb archaeology – although this rarely counts for anything in a ploughed field… (Bloody chemicals ruin Georgian coins!!!) It is people who ‘discover’ an ubdisturbed site who then start shovelling stuff all over the place that gets the academics’ backs up. Metal detectorists have been responsible for some great archaeological finds over the years, and historians owe many of them a great deal of gratitude… I do know the odd one or two though, who go out at night with torches and go detecting around scheduled monuments such as Maiden Castle… now THAT is naughty…
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