This is a terrible argument. Ploughing a field where there is a site can wreck it, yes. But objects don’t go that far and often the site remains well enough below ground or visible from the air that keeping the objects in situ and reporting immediately is still best practicehttps://twitter.com/boggywood/status/1115342878283313155 …
It’s much less definitive than what you’re saying, and the law states quite clearly that owning one is liable for a fine. And considering that there are sites of archaeological import on or near beaches. But I doubt you are not inclined to be convinced.
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Oh look, a man who was persecuted for metal detecting on a beach? So it IS illegal. Fact. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/metal-detector-man-on-beach-is-fined-500-27122324.html …
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Read the entire piece, not the bits you want to read. Only if one detects on a national monument or archaeological site. Now, my version of the law is this.......one can detect anywhere permitted to, except the areas mentioned above. And that is the law. And I can highlight it.
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& it's quite funny to see people using the same tired arguments that were used decades ago. I also said the vast majority of finds were small - not big hoards - it is frankly nonsensicle to treat a field that's been ploughed for a thousand years as