tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post1295087405920716060..comments2023-06-01T11:58:15.851-04:00Comments on Savannah Under Fire: Metal detecting archaeologistsArchaeoLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661983564792968331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post-85532867484808020272019-07-11T08:42:10.388-04:002019-07-11T08:42:10.388-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Akseosolutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867569449246114187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post-66534222692392998692016-10-10T04:07:18.213-04:002016-10-10T04:07:18.213-04:00The "hobbyist" as you call it has also d...The "hobbyist" as you call it has also done there research and usually recognizes urban sprawl stops for no artifact. We care enough to get to these places before another interstate or hotel is built over an area that our state archaeologist so easily dismissed as "not of significant historical importance"...? To whom the developer that paid you? The State department that funds you? It is significant to me! We know the context of of what we pull. Its why we are there in the first place. It is important to us history buffs with rock flippers and metal finders. We care so much we try to salvage what is bound to a drawer in a college basement never to be seen again. You kill the history by keeping it in those drawers. You so called paper archaeologist act like your the only ones that do your homework. Just because we don't have a piece of paper showing the couple semesters we wasted in school doesn't negate the years of the subject intensive research between our ears and our true motivation for bringing to light what most "schoolers" hide. I went to college. The ones that did know what im talking about when I say 2 semesters of a class doesn't make you anything. Its getting out there and doing it that does. Why do they do the school? So they can publish a theory?....and if they dont publish...it stays in the drawer, or their private stash. If they do publish,...we see a drawing or two and notes on what they found if one cares to apply much time digging thru college archaeology departments to read the published works of egotism so the "schooler" could graduate and work for the State. So much for public knowledge. I've personally seen archaeologist led digs take place never to see or hear the outcome....Show me yours and I'll show you mine. U.S. Digger ASSoc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06839920041356364347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post-59222753035299679642011-06-28T11:21:00.718-04:002011-06-28T11:21:00.718-04:00Your post really helped me to understand the Artic...Your post really helped me to understand the Article. It has great details and yet it is easy to understand. I will definitely share it with others.Buy Essayshttp://www.essaysale.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post-15286493618751775022010-06-10T00:15:19.502-04:002010-06-10T00:15:19.502-04:00Here's one success story of a hobby detectoris...Here's one success story of a hobby detectorist locating, lobbying, and actually leading an effort to save a significant threatened resource.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/05/oldest.shipwreck/index.html?iref=obnetworkLee Harrisonhttp://www.panamconsultants.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580032912216123303.post-2414849036100553752010-06-10T00:11:50.705-04:002010-06-10T00:11:50.705-04:00Conducted with a proper project design, systematic...Conducted with a proper project design, systematic approach and appropriate equipment, metal detectors can lend much information to a site given that the removal of artifacts be limited to previously disturbed levels. But you're very right in that it is a contentious issue to both the hobbyist and archaeologists.Lee Harrisonhttp://www.panamconsultants.comnoreply@blogger.com