Anyone ever detect an archie site?

[free2Dtect]

I know this may sound strange, but where I live, I have hunted their digs with them right there. As long as I'm not in their holes, they are ok with it. They know my detector is not going to find the bones and pottery they are looking for. They hunt the trash pits of the native Americans. They dig down to the ground level of 5-6 hundred years ago. They are in holes 4-6 feet deep. I've never had any problems with them at all. I wonder if others have had good relations with them. Out East where all these problems are seems hard to imagine in my area. Why i hunt these areas is they are right in town. Get a lot of old coins and they know it too. I was told some of the leaders at the sites have detectors too.

 

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[jeff of pa]

I believe they've gone Extinct in my area. I havn't heard of a dig within a hundred mile radius EVER . unless your counting Ameatures

 

[jeff of pa]

Penn State most likely has one too, but thats a good distance away, so Honestly don't know

 

[horseshoe]

The only time they work around here is right before a new road or something similar is proposed. Found a site where Indians lived when I was in my teens. Took stone ax head and other tools to local museum and resident archaeologist told them more stuff there. Didn't seem to be interested so I kept everything, still have it! For some reason I never have my detector at the same time as I stumble onto archaeology sites.

 

[Lowbatts]

Hey f2D, it is a regional thing. The old stratification and classism existing in/between members of society. Your local archies are working an area where they feel comfortable with the locals, in this case yourself, and the interference or effect of your hunting on the integrity of the site.

Ealrier last year I knew of a site near Peoria where a town had a closed down trailer park. They wanted to put a park and playground there and discovered an early riverfront Peoria site. The Peoria were well distributed and we know much about them, but the archies stepped in and told the town to close the site. The town then casually encouraged people to hunt the site at their liesure, their answer to outsiders telling them how to treat their own neighborhood. The site is now a "protected" archeological site by order. Guess we all can't just get along after all in the real world.