garryson
Bronze Member
Digging for treasure: Is 'nighthawking' stealing our past?
Heritage groups say one of the countryside's most famous monuments is "under attack" from illegal metal detectorists hunting for buried treasure. But what is "nighthawking" - and is it robbing us of our past?
"See a penny, pick it up and all that day you'll have good luck" - it's something we've all told ourselves on those harmless occasions we've spotted small change on the ground.
But there are times when pocketing the odd silver or gold coin truly breaks the law.
Read more: BBC News - Digging for treasure: Is 'nighthawking' stealing our past?
Heritage groups say one of the countryside's most famous monuments is "under attack" from illegal metal detectorists hunting for buried treasure. But what is "nighthawking" - and is it robbing us of our past?
"See a penny, pick it up and all that day you'll have good luck" - it's something we've all told ourselves on those harmless occasions we've spotted small change on the ground.
But there are times when pocketing the odd silver or gold coin truly breaks the law.
Read more: BBC News - Digging for treasure: Is 'nighthawking' stealing our past?