Now The DIF: Detectorists Institute and Foundation
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Valuations of treasure finds by the Treasure Valuation Committee can be reduced if the item is not responsibly retrieved or excavated, resulting in damage to the archaeological record.
#ResponsibleDetecting #TreasureValuation #DIF #MetalDetecting
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Lets catch up with Keith and see what he got up to yesterday on Day 1 at Sutton Hoo...
Are any of you keen detectorists?
Today the Geodome went up and our Patreon members have been following the action in real time with our 360 LiveStream! 👇️
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On Friday at #CIfAinnovation festival, we've got a double dose of innovative methodologies in fieldwork, assessment & evaluation. We'll discuss embedding metal-detecting into professional practice, numbers, prediction & archaeology, & evaluation trenching bit.ly/3Tf6h9V
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Really nice surprise today in the post. A certificate to acknowledge the donation of one of my metal-detected treasure finds to The Collection (Lincoln Museum). 👍🙂
Really pleased that our detecting input was acknowledged… Great that Time Team is utilising the P-DAS approach integrating field walking with metal detecting and bringing our Partial and Detailed Artefact Survey method to new audiences.
A lovely evening hosting the @thetimeteam Big Dome with @derekpitman this event with some brilliant TT legends including @CarenzaLewis @HelenGeake @hildevanderheul @aerial_cam @MattBearClark and many more
Probably the most integrated of metal detecting surveys on archaeological tv, to date…
DIG TWO BEGINS! The adventure continues tonight on the Time Team Official YouTube channel.
WATCH: youtu.be/iC_SM8RjjJk
@thetimeteam is back on an even bigger scale as
we head to @BroughtonCastle in Oxfordshire with @CotswoldArch & @Detectorists_ to investigate a Roman Villa!
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This is so newly finished that we only got the link today, and I've been away - so if you join #Patreon now you'll be able to see part 1/3 of #TimeTeam’s next new dig (on a Roman Villa), before I do!! Sign in or join to watch now: patreon.com/TimeTeamOfficial
Patreon members - part 1/3 of #TimeTeam’s next new dig, a Roman Villa on the estate of a Tudor castle, just went live on Patreon!
And it’s pretty great! Sign in or join to watch the exclusive early preview now: patreon.com/TimeTeamOfficial
#TimeTeamIsBack
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Time Team dig at the site of a huge Roman Villa near Banbury goes live on YouTube - here are the dates and video
@thetimeteam @BroughtonCastle
banburyguardian.co.uk/herita…
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First new Time Team in 10 Years!
Join to watch at 18:00 (GMT) TODAY: youtu.be/j8_sbq37AUs
First part (Day 1) will be shown today. Day 2 & Day 3 will be released over the next two days (19/20th March - 6pm GMT). See you there!
#TimeTeam #TimeTeamIsBack #Archaeology
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This is what the two handles and one of the two sets of markers and the centre marker look like from a complete Gunter's chain. From my own collection. 👍
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Just watched this & can't wait. Not only have I been a Patron since 2020 but was privileged to be part of the metal-detecting survey team on the Oxfordshire dig. To be working with the people I have admired for so long was an amazing experience. You are all in for a real treat👌
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Common detecting finds are plain lead weights, but sometimes we get a special one. This Medieval find has a shield with the three lions of England. By the shield are the letters IE and VTAS with other, blurred letters possibly spelling CIVTAS. 16oz.PAS PUBLIC-BA9056 #FindsFriday
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For #FindsFriday, a lead sundial face. Found detecting in pieces over several years. It has a very specific date on it, May 30th 1688. From the site of an old farm garden. The farm burned down in the late 1800's but finds and building materials on site date back to medieval times
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Lovely Roman coin found by detectorists in the grounds of @AlthorpHouse today. It’s from the reign of the Emperor Antoninus, Hadrian’s successor: he also built a wall in the north - the Antonine Wall. Remarkably good condition, for a coin that’s nearly 1,900 years old.
Great to be a new team member and the AofD team did a great job
As @thetimeteam prepares to return after many years away, members of the team – old and new – reflect on the experience and what lies in store on this year's incredible new sites...
Hear exclusive insights from just a few of the team:
youtu.be/vFGbZJ3ejX4
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Great story… I often use this example to demonstrate what can be gained from a responsible approach.
"While the hobbyists like to think of themselves as treasure hunters or amateur archaeologists, many professionals prefer the term 'looters.'" @spoke32 @PopSci popsci.com/science/scottish-… #longreads
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2/2 ... Huge thanks also to Lord and Lady Saye & Sele, @MartinFiennes & family @BroughtonCastle, plus John Colegrave, Keith Westcott, ITHAS @Detectorists_ & @CotswoldArch. We couldn't have asked for a better set of digs to re-assemble the team at!
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