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I liked it mostly also. But if you read Mr. Jones's (Connecticut state archaeologist) comments you can still sense a little bit of disdain towards the detecting community as a whole.... That kind of "looking down the nose" is apart of the problem imo. Basically those guys were helping out, advancing research but everybody else is kinda just "looters"... Seems a little like a forced "pat on the back"...Josh (Ky/Tn collector)
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Thank you for sharing this Josh. I do agree that the article is both complimentary and demeaning at the same time.
but I can assure you that you would not have to ask me twice if I would be interested in assisting with a project like that.
HELL YEAH you get your sweet bippy I would. Sign me up now.Bruce
In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?
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Yes, the Ct. metal detecting club was cited as one of the principal reasons the King Philip's War RI battlesite know as Nipsachuck was discovered. They were given all the credit in the world in the final report. Amazing that in tiny and densely populated RI such a battlesite had been left undisturbed since 1676. I posted about it at the time the report was released. The Ct metel detectorists were a key to the project's success.....
http://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/i...5%E2%80%931678Rhode Island
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Originally posted by CMD View PostYes, the Ct. metal detecting club was cited as one of the principal reasons the King Philip's War RI battlesite know as Nipsachuck was discovered. They were given all the credit in the world in the final report. Amazing that in tiny and densely populated RI such a battlesite had been left undisturbed since 1676. I posted about it at the time the report was released. The Ct metel detectorists were a key to the project's success.....
http://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/i...5%E2%80%931678
The Nipsachuck battlefield was particularly challenging because of the mineralized soils and rock that occurred throughout the area reducing the ability of some metal detectors (and less experienced crew) to discriminate between real artifacts and hot rocks. No less a challenge was conducting a metal detector survey within Mattity Swamp due to the presence of oxidized soils and bog iron. In some areas of the swamp, 1-2 feet of water overlay swamp muck that was 2-3 feet deep. The project got a significant “technological” boost in this respect when the Minelab Company loaned the MPMRC a Minelab GPX 4000. This state of the art technology (YTC employed some as well) was highly effective in the difficult conditions at the Nipsachuck Battlefield and outperformed all other technologies, serving as a check and balance to assess the effectiveness the other types of detectors and of the overall sampling strategy."
Last edited by CMD; 01-17-2017, 07:52 AM.Rhode Island
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