I'm a Detectorist and a member of the NCMD ( National Council of Metal Detecting ) , when finding something of importance we send both the gps co ordinates and map reference to the local FLO ( Finds Liason Officer ) and if necessary keep the site safe and secure for an Archaeological investigation . We also find surface objects and I for example have the base of a Roman Samian Ware drinking vessel displayed in Derby museum .

And it still carries on Helen! I had for years detected on a field that was full of Archaeology, everything was recorded though most not with PAS (because of the numbers of finds PAS limited the amount that they would accept from us!). The field was given over to housing and a firm of contracting archaeologists was employed who I met before the dig started. "No detecting but we'll gladly take your records from you" was the answer that I received! They promptly stripped every inch of soil from the site including at least 10" that was well below any detectors depth capability and more so than any plough this field had received. As it happened a nationally significant Iron Age chariot burial was discovered which featured on one of Alice Roberts programmes. The thing with the burial was that the horses heads and the upper chariot gear was missing from the burial and the woman who gave a long chat on this appeared somewhat perplexed and said that it was due to agricultural activity. Sorry but no farmer ploughed to that depth but I could have told her where they were..................in that bloody great pile of earth that you'd made at the end of the field along with potentially hundreds if not thousands of other finds from the rest of the site, now completely out of context and lost. A short time after this the farmer who we had had a good relationship with for 17 years asked us not to detect on any of the rest of his land, his head turned by one of these archaeologists, disgusting. So in answer I'll start with what I first said, yes Helen it still carries on, the wanton destruction of sites by archaeologists and their dogmatic opinions enabling extremely bad practice and an anti detectorist sympathies.

Helen is always such a pleasure to listen to ,you always learn something ....smart lady

To everyone watching: you can view Helen's slides here > www.slideshare.net/DigNation/13-dr-helen-geake-mick-and-metaldetecting

I greatly look forward to her insight. I was always impressed with her immersive explanations particularly with regard to the Iceni use of toques.

... nice to listen to the always classy Helen Geake! Great talk! Here in Canada of course we have the same "problem". We also have those wonderful folk who walked farmfields in search of lithics --- they wash them, glue them to a board or stick em in a box never to see the light of day again.... frustrating for me as an archaeologist --- worst case scenario: they turn up on e-bay. Archaeology needs more Helens and more Micks!

Speaking as an ex-detectorist who attended quite a number of PAS conferences at the British Museum, there are two sides to this. There are a lot of rogues in the hobby who are only interested in how much a find is worth, and refuse to declare any of their finds. There are also archaeologists and FLO's who have tried to get landowners to stop detectorists detecting on their land, after finds from their land have been declared. If a student at University has been to lectures given by an archaeologist who is anti detectorists, the chances are that they will be as well.

Very good talk. I miss Mick and his enthusiasm.

As a detectorist I knew they would come around. We aren't the bad guys. We love history as much as them. 95 percent would agree. It not about the gold. Although it would be awesome to find a hoard!🤪🤦‍♂️👍

Excellent, thank you

I work alongside Archeology Units in the field, checking spoil heaps, if it was not for metal detectorists a lot of small finds would be missed, No matter what hobby/interest you have they will always be the criminals who use metal detecting as a way to make money!! Trust is important with Archeology Units, you have to be 'Known' not just turn up on site. ( I have been a Field Archeologist in the past) Joining the NCMD is a good thing to join. as Mike said its another piece of equipment.

I am working with a archaeologist here in Holland. The newer generation doesn't care :P I am doing a video soon about cleaning Iron in a professional way an also when to " let the professionals clean it" . Thanks for sharing your video!

Very interesting lecture. Thank you.

Detectorist's don't do rob important sites ,Nighthawks rob them .Nighthawks are criminal's that use metal detectors ( not detectorists)

Thanks for posting.

Great topic.

Helen you rock. I was always watching for signs of feminism in your archaeological digs with Time Team. Stunning Rubies & gold to me represents the blood & beauty of life on mother earth but was mostly disappointed by the lack of this perspective. 1st yr Archeology prof insisted it is The Study Of MAN! My interest died. so it was a Great finish in your story of the expert saying, "Frankly Helen they could all be women & they would of called us men!" TOO True, so digging down there is much more to be said yet, about the female honoring cultures; and why not re-enliven the research of Marija Gimbutas.(1921-1994)1 was a pioneer in the study of the symbolic imagery of the earliest farming peoples of Europe. Her primary research and interpretations of European prehistory have been at the center of the most crucial debates on European genesis for more than four decades. In her view, the settlement patterns, burial evidence, and iconographic imagery of the cultures she called “Old Europe”2 reflect peaceful, matrilineal, endogamous social structures that were economically egalitarian in which women were honored at the center of ceremonial life.3

I don't think using the Premiere system for so many vids over such a long time was such a good idea. Very frustrating.

Oh, Helen, you are so missed.

Thanks Helen for recognising the hobby as part of finding sites it's nice to see archaeologists are not as stuck up as they come across towards detectorist after all most archaeologists were also robbing finds from the ground in Georgian times and they are classed as hero's they also trashed sites for there own gain like Brian fossit with the Kingston brooch in kent they still had textiles with the grave goods when dug up but all this knowledge was lost like a lot of the finds were so all are guilty of this including metal detectorist it's rallies for money that is a big problem now days and should be stopped unless a FLO is on site at all rallies but I still don't like metal detecting rallies it's no better than nighthawking but it's legal and in my eyes should be banned thanks Helen well said 👍👍x

I am a total Geake geek 😁

How many times has there been a very important find by a detectorist that archiologists would have never find in twenty lifetimes

I presume this is an old talk? or that there won't be an audience?

Helen!

laws and government regulations that are now in place stop people going out buying a metal detector and searching without permission or a licence

Helen is always such a pleasure to listen to. She is allot like Mick in some ways, knowledgeable but able to look at the evidence before making a judgement unlike one person that was on Time Team that has a fascination with "ritual" so bad that if Helen farted in the trench with him next to her, he would exclaim it was ritual.

If its your land and you've paid for it you should be able to do what you wish with it. You wouldn't find this in the US. Any Civil War, Native American, Dinosaur finds you get to keep them. Most people wouldn't keep the dinosaur bones/fossils because museums normally pay people for them. From what I hear, people in Great B. rarely receive what an item might be worth, instead a paltry sum. Talk to this community and they will back this statement up.

At least detectorists don't use mini-diggers and JCB's to dig their holes...

Piss poor audio quality. Hated this.