According to Beau A.C. Harbin,              Catholic University of America:
>
> I received this today in the mail.  It really disturbed me and I thought I
> should send it on to the rest of you.  I checked out the homepage.  It is
> virtual pot hunters exchange center.  It has ads for metal detectors, etc.
>
> I am extremely anti-treasurer hunting and am curious about everyone else's
> opinions.
 
Well, of course "treasure" hunting is generally a pretty
destructive activity that usually destroys information--but I
don't think there's a whole heck of a lot that can be done
about such a newsgroup--this is a democracy after all.
 
I was excited by the work that has been done at Monmouth
Battlefield (SHA papers by Gary W. Stone and others) that
brought in a treasure hunting club and seems to have
"converted" them to the side of careful research and
preservation.
 
We will probably never legislate treasure-hunters away--
the only hope is to direct their energies into more
productive paths and abandon the holier-than-thou attitude that
is not unconnected to the recent political shift toward
deregulation.
 
Scott
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