Institute of Detectorists

Now The DIF: Detectorists Institute and Foundation

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

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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

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@pipelinenews @R1100GSBlueNose @ArchaeologyGame https://t.co/d5dDLjQlPL

[Detectorists Institute & Foundation @The_DIF_]

£12.50 from each 'Friends of the DIF' and 'Detectorist' £20 subscription goes towards conservation projects, including employing archaeologists and heritage professionals.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@LondonMudlark https://t.co/d5dDLjQlPL

[Detectorists Institute & Foundation @The_DIF_]

£12.50 from each 'Friends of the DIF' and 'Detectorist' £20 subscription goes towards conservation projects, including employing archaeologists and heritage professionals.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PeterReavill @Raksha_Digs https://t.co/d5dDLjQlPL

[Detectorists Institute & Foundation @The_DIF_]

£12.50 from each 'Friends of the DIF' and 'Detectorist' £20 subscription goes towards conservation projects, including employing archaeologists and heritage professionals.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@Raksha_Digs https://t.co/d5dDLjQlPL

[Detectorists Institute & Foundation @The_DIF_]

£12.50 from each 'Friends of the DIF' and 'Detectorist' £20 subscription goes towards conservation projects, including employing archaeologists and heritage professionals.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

https://t.co/d5dDLjQlPL

[Detectorists Institute & Foundation @The_DIF_]

£12.50 from each 'Friends of the DIF' and 'Detectorist' £20 subscription goes towards conservation projects, including employing archaeologists and heritage professionals.

[Time Team @thetimeteam]

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! 👇️

https://t.co/CeKvuDzeda

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@R1100GSBlueNose @HeneryIggins @MarnaNightingal @BBC Unfortunately, our HE funded Feasibility Study, planned as the basis of a Heritage Lottery Fund bid, hit the buffers as we did not meet the ‘mandatory outcomes’ required at that time. Thankfully, HE have stepped in again with seed funding and we will soon be open to members.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@R1100GSBlueNose @HeneryIggins @MarnaNightingal @BBC We had 41 places available at Rewley House, Paul. All quickly taken so fully booked on the day. The overall score for the course was 96%. We had the next course planned with the University but, cancelled due to Covid.

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@HeneryIggins @R1100GSBlueNose @MarnaNightingal @BBC And the course held at the University of Oxford, went on to win the Archaeology Training Forum Awards 2019… https://t.co/ESHeFVDge1

[CIfA @InstituteArch]

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 https://t.co/BQJJ21CYYY

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@Sussex_Heritage @RobinCampbellSM @SussexWildlife @sdnpa @MatthewPope @EdwardH08678864 @SussexIncidents @sussex_society @UnearthingPast @SussexRuralCops Interesting though, that it is so neatly cut…nighthawks you’d have thought, want to be ‘in and out’ quickly, maximising the chance of finding signals and retrieving finds, not filling holes? Could it be someone who knows no better, or a nighthawk covering their tracks, I wonder

[Tom Redmayne @TomRedmayne1]

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). 👍🙂

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PortantIssues Intended, assumed? Please explain?

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@lcssdetecting @PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @HeneryIggins @SuzieThomasUA @findsorguk For sake of clarity John, what is your proposal for regulating the hobby of metal detecting?

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @HeneryIggins @SuzieThomasUA @findsorguk Well if your posts here has attracted John Maloney ‘likes’ concerning exploitation and needs for regulation , perhaps it is time for me to hang up my hat…

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @HeneryIggins @SuzieThomasUA @findsorguk And I thought it was just around a question of numbers….

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @HeneryIggins @SuzieThomasUA @findsorguk We are developing Methods, Standards and Guidance for a consistent approach to embedding metal detecting into commercial practice. With overwhelming support from the heritage sector for our research and educational ambitions, we have little support for the initiative from PAS

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @HeneryIggins @SuzieThomasUA @findsorguk 10% demonstrates a level of viability not a ceiling of potential. Our work will also look to promote the value of spatial recording of top soil finds to commercial archaeologists, who mechanically strip away topsoil (artefacts) as standard practice. It is not all one way!

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@HeneryIggins @PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @SuzieThomasUA Numbers of newcomers to md spike through covid times looking for outdoor hobbies, question the figures? antagonistic! Previously I have been a government advisor and represented the uk in EU standards meetings. I am staggered at the total disregard shown for these DCMS figures

[Institute of Detectorists @Detectorists_]

@HeneryIggins @PortantIssues @DetectingQueen1 @SuzieThomasUA 1/2 Mmm, yet when I look at the upward trend in numbers participating, recorded in a series of government surveys, I am the antagonist. New bodies set up in the name of ‘sport’ offer alternative md insurance, new groups and existing commercial rally organisers offering insurance