The BBC reports that archaeological finds are up 45% in the last year in the UK due to increased activity by metal detector enthusiasts. It is interesting to see that there is a large national organization there for these amateur researchers and a large on-line database for recording their finds. Follow the link for the "National Council for Metal Detecting" on the right side of the page for a view of this database.
Amateurs will always be interested in archaeology and it is good to see these sorts of schemes for harnessing their activities for research. Here in the US historical archaeologists often use metal detectors but they are of little use for us prehistorians, as the Indians here had very little metal.
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