> >The other troublesome comment was about the recyclers: "That's pretty
> >much what my local scrapper does . [tomb raiding for gold]. . .". Now
> these
> Yeah, that's what I said, and it's based on my experiences with a local
> party. I bring him a pile of stuff culled from his various heaps,
> and the question is "Let's how much gold you got there".
> I made this statement because it parallels the 'treasure hunter'
> mentality
> towards archeological digs during the early part of the last century.
> "How much gold we got?". Alot of history got melted as a result.
Well, archeology was, and still _is_ about value, and I'm not
talking about anything beside money. Just look at your news.
If theres a stupid pile of roman silver, it's top news and
it gets a lot of attention. The historic value is zero, but
it's silver - on the other side, it needs a earth shaking
discovery (like the Keltic statue two years ago) just to
have a few lines...
Gruss
H.
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Received on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 14:35:53 BST