Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
With many recent news stories of Nighthawkers Detecting and trashing sites, we ask the question. Is Metal Detecting Ruining Archaeology?
A Huge thanks to @miss_detectorist for her time, GO SUBSCRIBE.
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Videos To Watch Next:
youtube.com/watch?v=lHIV4q11s6w&list=PLBZfNv8Qgz9FSa0OwUwhWHxq28903zjYA - Roman Roads
youtu.be/nGHGe9Pf9mo?si=t193CopSVYaKpoyN - The UK's Largest Lost Forest
youtu.be/4Hp16xnfZCE?si=tvXs1OX7ujfDqTDn - How to find a Roman Milestone
youtube.com/watch?v=s46eOe7oO_I - How we misunderstood Hillforts
Tess Machling Article:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/09/11/detecting-and-torcs-a-researchers-view
Usual notices:
1. We are not historians. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Errors. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:
A: To convey the point made in the second paragraph. We really do scratch the surface here. There are thousands of Hillfort like structures that will again hold a different tale.
Credit for assets
Long UK Maps: mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist
Old Map: NLS - nls.uk
Credit for images:
Coins: Durham Police
British Museum: luke massey
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - The Find
03:24 - The Market Place
06:28 - What did we find?
09:14 - Context
11:06 - Irony
Sources:
herefordtimes.com/news/18052247.detectorists-guilty-stealing-3-million-coin-hoard
newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/16/the-curse-of-the-buried-treasure
cps.gov.uk/north-east/news/two-men-convicted-conspiring-sell-9th-century-anglo-saxon-coins
https://x.com/EssexFLO/status/1825446098846073001
news.sky.com/story/metal-detectorists-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-jail-12872775
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/detectorists-george-powell-layton-davies-metal-treasure-b2251971.html
#metaldetecting #detecting
With many recent news stories of Nighthawkers Detecting and trashing sites, we ask the question. Is Metal Detecting Ruining Archaeology?
A Huge thanks to @miss_detectorist for her time, GO SUBSCRIBE.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCJV1EC8Mf87PpQYo9eUfd3Q/join OR
Patreon: patreon.com/PaulandRebeccaWhitewick
Videos To Watch Next:
youtube.com/watch?v=lHIV4q11s6w&list=PLBZfNv8Qgz9FSa0OwUwhWHxq28903zjYA - Roman Roads
youtu.be/nGHGe9Pf9mo?si=t193CopSVYaKpoyN - The UK's Largest Lost Forest
youtu.be/4Hp16xnfZCE?si=tvXs1OX7ujfDqTDn - How to find a Roman Milestone
youtube.com/watch?v=s46eOe7oO_I - How we misunderstood Hillforts
Tess Machling Article:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/09/11/detecting-and-torcs-a-researchers-view
Usual notices:
1. We are not historians. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Errors. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:
A: To convey the point made in the second paragraph. We really do scratch the surface here. There are thousands of Hillfort like structures that will again hold a different tale.
Credit for assets
Long UK Maps: mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist
Old Map: NLS - nls.uk
Credit for images:
Coins: Durham Police
British Museum: luke massey
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - The Find
03:24 - The Market Place
06:28 - What did we find?
09:14 - Context
11:06 - Irony
Sources:
herefordtimes.com/news/18052247.detectorists-guilty-stealing-3-million-coin-hoard
newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/16/the-curse-of-the-buried-treasure
cps.gov.uk/north-east/news/two-men-convicted-conspiring-sell-9th-century-anglo-saxon-coins
https://x.com/EssexFLO/status/1825446098846073001
news.sky.com/story/metal-detectorists-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-jail-12872775
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/detectorists-george-powell-layton-davies-metal-treasure-b2251971.html
#metaldetecting #detecting
