a situation that is familiar to many people in both the detecting and archaeology worlds. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/nyregion/a-controversy-is-unearthed-in-sharon.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Archaeologists emphasise the need for the preservation of our heritage and the context in which finds are made, I can agree with that in the right circumstances but they fail to mention that most of