[RArtfulogerDodger]

Really? I've seen the shows on Brit TV. There's never enough time or money to salvage these sites, and ONLY "EXPERTS" are allowed to screw with them. I say, better these things are OUT OF THE GROUND and preserved by collectors, than rotting in the wet wet wet earth....

[sodpoodle]

*****better these things are OUT OF THE GROUND and preserved by collectors, than rotting in the wet wet wet earth....****

(90 yrs old now, but my English aunt was a farm labor family....and she noted , while harvesting potatoes etc., unusual metals and bones in the dirt. She amassed a huge collection and was approached by universities etc. to examine her treasures.

[mewzilla]

Problem is, though, is that there is value in provenance. And that value is lost with indiscriminate digging.