Curious - how much would be the most you would pay to do a.............

[Barry NY]

JBOW - you are totally right. Loaning is a great option to allow you to keep your find AND have it publicly displayed with finder credit given. Also I have convinced the Society that most likely everyone will want to keep their finds and they are OK with that - their only request is that if we, by chance, come across any American Indian items that those items get turned into the Society...what a great way to start the process of bringing these Historical groups and the archies on board with us detectorists...

The British really do have the whole process down to a science - they make you sell to them any "treasure" finds they are interested in and also give you the credit with the display. Anything they are not interested in is returned to the finder with a disclaimer. I have a pair of 16th century silver cuff links that I found on this recent trip to England that will go through the whole process of review, disclaim and return - should see them sometime in July. PS - I had to leave everything I found there in England for proper export paperwork...

Xmarks - we are planning on having a full website section within the Historical Society website as well as a forum type section to follow the finds. All of this to start over the next few months...

Thanks
Barry

 

[jbow]

Maybe if a hunter makes finds that they plan to sell, the historical society can be given first option if they are interested in the item.

J

 

[weston]

did anything become of this im curious???

weston

 

[Barry NY]

YES - it's official.
Please see our first collaboration with the Southampton Historical Society at www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org and scroll down to Ongoing Events section and click on the link for the Artifact Detecting Team or go directly to www.artifactdetectingteam.com for more info.

We are currently putting together the schedule for our fall hunts.

Thanks for asking.
Barry