A Roman enamelled gold ring has been found by a metal detectorist on a “charity” dig held on a known site at Crewkerne where a rare Roman lead-lined coffin had been found.
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Permission for the event had been given on the basis it was “for charity” so the detectorist will be donating his share of any proceeds or reward to the charity.
We presume.
PS The finder has just confirmed he will NOT be giving his half to the charity. So the same as all the hundreds of other “charity metal detecting rallies” then.
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04/08/2018 at 10:54
Jason Massey
The dig was organised to raise funds for a Armed forces charity we support on my group. Any finds found on these digs still full into the NCMD recommendations. So I will be sharing the TT payment with the landowner and I will be splitting my half with 2 other detectorist who found the scattered hoard and coffin from our previous vist . And of course I will be donating a % to the charity on the day. We all ready have raised over £1500 on the day for the charity with the gate money .
04/08/2018 at 12:34
heritageaction
“Any finds found on these digs still full (Fall?) into the NCMD recommendations.
What nonsense. NCMD recommendations don’t preclude you from giving your share to the charity. You should.
“So I will be sharing the TT payment with the landowner”.
What nonsense. You have no control over who gets what from the reward.
You can’t cover the fact that you got permission by playing the “charity card” and you and your two mates are not giving the money to the charity. Which is how all so called “charity rallies” operate. You could always change your mind of course….
04/08/2018 at 13:44
Paul Barford
If they claim they are doing it “for a charity”, I think they and the landowner (!) should give all the money that they get from pilfering the common archaeological record to the charity. Also anything else of value that is found should also be used to finance the charity, not go into greedy artefact hunters’ pockets. Better still would be if these people would give to this or any other charity money earned by more legitimate means than Collection-driven stripping of the nation’s archaeological record for entertainment and profit.
04/08/2018 at 13:51
Paul Barford (@PortantIssues)
What next, charity donations from people making money for the “men with guns” from stripping out copper cables and removal of lead flashing from old buildings, or scrap iron generated by taking park railings (“b’long to us all, innit? So b’longs to me too”)?
04/08/2018 at 16:02
Sam Ofnett
It seems that whenever you scratch a metal detectorist, just below the surface you will always find a selfish, greedy so-and-so merely posing as an altruist. These people make my blood boil.
05/08/2018 at 08:20
Paul Barford
“And of course I will be donating a % to the charity on the day” – what, precise, percentage will you be paying of any money you will make from finds taken from this site? One percent, ten percent, seventy percent, ninety-nine percent, Mr Massey? Do please reveal to the British Public how much you actually do value this “charity work” that you are doing using their heritage.