tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734142947449217945.post9220879725902781728..comments2023-09-27T05:05:54.578-07:00Comments on "Ambassadors for the Hobby" The Stuff Antiquity Collectors Say: Buffy gets a Badger BlessingPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734142947449217945.post-65768754504262100252009-06-28T05:34:55.331-07:002009-06-28T05:34:55.331-07:00David Connolly says on his BAJR Forum (which will ...David Connolly says on his BAJR Forum (which will soon be closd archive so you cannot see it) http://www.bajr.org/BAJRforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2400<br /><br /><br />"I do like the thought that I was writing (apparently) about him in relation to Water Newton... :) HArdly", <br /><br />Well, it is lucky for him isn't it where the forums where (in connection with metal detectin rallies at Avebury, Thornborough and Water Newton) he was making those comments about myself and my colleague Nigel Swift (PAS Forum and the Time Team forum) have both closed down. <br /><br />Certainly his comments about "hedge peeping" observers {as opposed to going among the artefact hunters and helping them help themselves to another goodly chunk of the archaeological heritage which the codes of ethics enjoin him to help preserve) were addressed to me. I have no intention of ever aiding and abetting a commercial artefact hunting rally in the UK, it is against my principles. <br /><br />.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com