I did get to watch the video and I liked it very much. In my opinion there seemed to be a lot of mistrust between them, and from the detectorists point of view I would probably feel the same way. Governmental agencies have not had a great tract record in situations like these here and I would have to believe it's the same in other countries.
I don't agree with the British way of taking the items and selling them to a museum. It's like they are taking possession of the item found from the person that found it, and forcing the finder to relinquish his ownership to the object due to it's historic importance. I don't feel that any government should be allowed to do this, and that if they want to preserve these artifacts as they say, then they should then put the time and effort in locating them themselves.
I would like to say that I have seen many times on this site the advise of following all the laws pertaining to your particular location and i do agree with it myself. I have purchased the permits for local and state, and most important to get permission from private land owners is very important. In this video you can see how these two men, not following the laws, has shed a bad light on the detectorist that do follow proper protocol in this hobby.
The most important point that I get from this show is that both groups need to find a common ground and understanding in each others abilities and use those abilities to each others advantage. When this is done, great things can and will be accomplished.
Thanks for the link Coinnut
