Detecting in South Africa

Howsit PGill/Xavier.
Heritage Society was my first port of call....good luck mate.That is a big task in itself.
My strategy would be to get the proffesional archaeologists to see the benefit we could bring to their field, and with the help of them go after  recognition as a legitimate operation by the people that actually do the yes and no decisions.
This is like a game of chess as I see it, we need to get to a point where all heritage sites get hunted by the various chapters of the club.
The ideas I have put forward so far are just ideas and examples. SAAAS is just one of them.Pity it doesn't say much about our discipline, ie metal detecting.
But hey if you're happy... I'm happy .
As far as I know we have 4 members already. PGill, Xavier,Viking and I am pretty sure that even though he has been quiet lately, Orcaman would get in as well.
Bit of a hectic time of year to finally start a movement hehehe!
Kind regards
Viking


Posted on: November 18, 2010, 10:41:20 AM

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Thanks Jim.
Yes I think a post there may help, hope it doesn't feel like a hijacking to the old crew though.Honestly if they did something like this I would quite happily join them.
But it would be nice learning from the "veterans" either way.
Got a lead on a farm that I will most likely visit next year, I was told by the owner that it had some type of concentration camp on it. So far all I know.
I will be going to hunt for some meat and the guy said I should bring my detector.
Could be a good lead...!
Viking


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Hi Jim

Point taken, but how much searching are they actually doing? I mean how much effort is the Government investing in recovering and preserving their heritage and historic artifacts. Here in SA they tell you "No" if you ask to search a known battle site or whatever it may be...couple of months later...hey look a shopping mall,
or housing development!
The way I see it is a developer seeking permission to develop a given tract of land should at some stage of the process be told that an archaeological needs to be done....that is where we come in.
We all hunt because we love it....it would be free and we would be happy to do it! Why all the bureaucratic BS.So what if they want to have a qualified archie
on site...hell I'll bring and extra machine for him/ them.
I went out and recovered an ipod yesterday for a student that lost it while swimming at the local reservoir on the campus.....I did it for free but I told him that as payement he must hook me up with the right person in the Historical faculty. Let's see where this goes....I found the ipod in 2 seconds flat ...you should have seen his eyes...then when I told him what my plan was he was like....absolutely dude! That proff is gonna get a good review on me from the get go. I am going to see if I can get him out in the field one morning. I figure its a way to get some real answers as to how to go about this the right way.
It seems like big song and dance routine , but try and phone someone.......you get Jack....Jack Sh#%!
If I have too be devious...then devious it is.
As far as midnight raiders go....As determined as the powers that be ,may be, to keep us away from the artifact....we should be steadfast that we will not tolerate the desecration of our historic sites and the loss of our artifacts.
You are going to have a hell of a lot more midnight raiders if you show no support for their cause... which is actually a noble one and done for free!
I have a dark set of clothes in my closet.......
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Guys, I love the vibes that are coming across...... I think lets tinker like this till the new year. In the mean time, I am going to try and get all the contact details of people that matter and then send out a Big email to all of them..... As far as the Archies are concerned, they feel that they have spent all their years getting degrees to do the work, only for amateurs to just walk in and want to take over..... This is not the case, and they are not doing enough to preserve our history either.
I will also be trying to contact Lukas again, and will chat to him on the club situation to see if we can get them on board... Umm in fact I think I will phone him after sending this mail  Britain does have a great system, and in fact is probably one of the role models when it comes to antiquities etc. The only problem I have is that they buy finds for their displays, but place the objects into storage..... So there are store rooms which are full of great stuff, that nobody can see.... But it is a learning curve, and at least they are doing things to try and save their history.

Guys, in the mean time, lets put on our thinking caps, and start thinking about a club name etc.....


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	Thanks Pgill. don't know about the name but I thought of a catchy moto. "We don't just like History...we Dig it!" LOL! I think it's pretty cool...

  Not bad viking not bad at all



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Hi Guys,

Viking, I love that moto I think you have hit the nail on the head with that one..... What I will do is send you a PM with my email details etc.... I think we need to create that list and add to it as we go along and get more people to join us. We can do that in the email though. If Xavier can also send you his details, then if you email both your details to me I will make up the list, and send it to both of you..... Once we are in email contact, it will make things easier, but we still need to keep this topic open for new members to see etc....


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