you are all looters

[unclemac]

...and I will tell you guys....for the most part what we are all picking up, are the equivalent of tossed aside pop cans and beer bottles...the coins that drop out of your pocket at the 7-eleven....the stuff in your compost pile... in other words....ancient peoples trash and "oops I lost its"

...as opposed to an actual excavation of say ...this place, which for me is what archaeology is all about!!!!!
Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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[Bum Luck]

Wait a minute guys you aren't seeing the big criminal here, it isn't us just look at what those British archaeologist "wankers" have done all over the world. They robbed the tombs in Egypt, robbed palaces and tombs in India. Seriously where do they get off calling us looters when they have gone into other countries and robbed them blind and actually made the locals do the hard back breaking work. Archaeologists are hypocrites.

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

Don't think those countries haven't forgotten that.

That is a major cultural irritation that has had foreign policy implications.

 

[bzbadger]

Unclemac, are you serious that you can't even pick up an eagle feather? What state do you live in and what an absolute shame our country is coming to this that an item that was designed by God to fall off of an animal needs to be protected but yet we have so many other things wrong,starving families, kids with little to no education, drugs etc. An eagle feather, what a joke. I have to know the state so if I go there im not shot on sight

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

 

[unclemac]

....YOUR state...

Eagle feather law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[kuger]

sounds like you need to go back to school and get a degree in trapping...

..all joking aside..I had to train "Guys",the Gov. hired to trap because they had never trapped but had degree's and were hired as Trappers.....makes sense huh??

 

[kuger]

Unclemac, are you serious that you can't even pick up an eagle feather? What state do you live in and what an absolute shame our country is coming to this that an item that was designed by God to fall off of an animal needs to be protected but yet we have so many other things wrong,starving families, kids with little to no education, drugs etc. An eagle feather, what a joke. I have to know the state so if I go there im not shot on sight

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

Hell no,you cant pick up or posess an Eagle feather!!!!You cant have any Hawk or owl feathers either

 

[unclemac]

..all joking aside..I had to train "Guys",the Gov. hired to trap because they had never trapped but had degree's and were hired as Trappers.....makes sense huh??

you almost made me laugh out loud...

 

[kuger]

you almost made me laugh out loud...

God's honest truth!!!!

 

[unclemac]

...how about this one....awhile ago I was walking on the beach with my wife and small child, a fairly remote beach that is not all that easy to get to. We ran into a couple of fish and wildlife officers....dressed like hardcore urban cops, side arms, vests etc. We had nothing in our hands, no bags, shovels...nothing...we were just taking a walk. They made us turn out our pockets to make sure we were not illegal clamming...

at least they were nice enough about it...

 

[austin]

good point...ask any Greek about the "Elgin Marbles"

Elgin Marbles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

taken from the Parthenon...the PARTHENON...THE P-A-R-T-H-E-N-O-N.......for crying out loud...

Yes and they look so nice in the British Museum. So does the complete Greek temple that is in the basement that was stolen stone by stone and then reassembled. I vote for English archeologists as the all time champion thieves, oh, I mean looters, I mean pro scientists...

 

[unclemac]

this is great and to the point i do believe...

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[bzbadger]

Absolutely amazing how little freedom we have and that all these laws were slipped in on us. That story of checking I for illegal clamming is just wrong, they can not just stop someone and do a personal effects check without probable cause and that means there had to have been something showing like if your pockets were soaking wet, that's just taking it too far and seriously could have been in trouble for doing so if you pushed the issue. Someone needs to tell the local zoo that their feathers from the eagles,hawks etc shouldn't be given away if this law is enforced.

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

 

[Rogerv]

Why is it ok for archies to loot known graves (Most MD'ers wont go near a graveyard due to respect) Yet they call us looters for detecting a field?

 

[Rawhide]

All the problems we encounter here in the states and we posting stuff like this. I have talked with archys and I dont like that word. I share sites and forums with archys. They are people, good folks, who can show the right way to handle a important find. There is already laws on the books, we just need to be safe and have permission.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Why is it ok for archies to loot known graves (Most MD'ers wont go near a graveyard due to respect) Yet they call us looters for detecting a field?

The answer is: Because you asked. Moral of the story? : Don't ask archies what they think of metal detecting (and/or put little to no stock in their answers to such questions).

 

[Bumpstick]

The answer is: Because you asked. Moral of the story? : Don't ask archies what they think of metal detecting (and/or put little to no stock in their answers to such questions).

I have never met an archie in the field or had a chance to speak with one.
What do they realy do? Dig up some ones old bones to see what they ate!
We say prayers over the deceased to rest in peace. Not to be dug up and studied.
So I take offense in what they do diging up some ones remains.

I would rather hike with the Sierra Club than hang with the Archies.

 

[unclemac]

actually most of them are employed in private business and get called in on construction projects. These guys are pretty cool and not all that intolerant, it is the research guys at univs. that make the problems. ...the "publish or perish" crowd...

 

[Jason in Enid]

actually most of them are employed in private business and get called in on construction projects. These guys are pretty cool and not all that intolerant, it is the research guys at univs. that make the problems. ...the "publish or perish" crowd...

It's the academic ones that get jobs at the state level who make rules banning metal detecting. They think EVERYTHING in the ground belongs to archies and is sacred. It doesn't matter if there are a million already in museums and there is full historic documents of the site, nobody is allowed to touch anything.

 

[unclemac]

and the stuff in museums...the VAST majority of it...is in drawers and boxes in the back where the public will NEVER see it....

 

[Marmentman]

First off let me point out that yes they can illegally search you, NDAA section 1021 and 1022 give them the right to deem you a national security threat and search or even detain you without due process, check it out. We are slowly voting away our rights in the guies of environmental protection, wildlife management, law mitigation. I am very tired of people complaining about what we can and cannot do. We all need to be informed and make wise choices when it comes to leaders. Also need to seriously educate those who have been taught in the public school system. You can't blame anyone but yourself when it comes to a loss of rights. Which also makes me wonder how many people even know there rights anymore. We are a people not governed be people, but our constitution. Read and know it. Lets have fun and enjoy our God given rights.