I just dont care for the shows on the History channel anymore. The pickers show is just about thieves. Hope they get caught in a sting like in Utah.
 
 
 
Mark 

"Life is how you make it, the future is how you leave your past." 




> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:17:57 -0600
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> Subject: Re: Reality TV Producer Planning to dig up Archaeological Resources on Private Land in St. Augustine, FL
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> 
> I'm having a cranky day, but here's what my immediate take on all of this:
> If the History (Channel) does air this thing, I am going to ban their tours
> from our archaeological park, and will no long participate in the Civil War
> Trust Annual Park Day Event, where volunteers are given History (Channel) T
> shirts.  The History (Channel) promote preservation on one hand, while
> sanctioning treasure hunting on the other.  Maybe their long time partner,
> the Civil War Trust can talk some sense into that one channe.  And if they
> don't try, I'm also going to remove the Trust stickers from our visitor
> center windows and brochures.  
> 
> Of course, it would be best to infiltrate and have this program deal with
> the larger stories that  artifacts can tell when excavated in context
> through proper archaeological techniques, but if contextual data are being
> destroyed for treasure hunting and entertainment, EVEN IF IT IS LEGAL, I
> personally feel that I have to do take an ethical stance and no longer
> support the channels that would air this sort of thing. 
> 
> 
> 
> Linda Derry
> Site Director
> Old Cahawba
> 719 Tremont St.
> Selma, AL 36701
> ph. 334/875-2529
> fax. 334/877-4253
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