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Article #19528Re: Metal locators/treasure hunting - information wanted
From: John Dillon
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1988 01:56
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1988 01:56
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In article <1507@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>, jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr Jack Campin) writes: > > Huge amounts of British history have been irretrievably lost due to treasure > hunters' activities. Some archaeologists have taken to scattering nails around > to make life difficult for them. I recommend anyone who knows of potential > targets for these vandals to do likewise. > Yes, very laudable (perhaps arguable, but don't flame me :-). HOWEVER, if you do this please do not use nails! Nails cause very painful injuries to dogs, horses, people, and so forth. Puncture wounds, especially on bare feet in contact with soil, are the worst wounds to suffer. Instead of nails, use bits of sheet metal (pennies don't cost much ;-).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!decwrl!jumbo!dillon From: dillon@jumbo.dec.com (John Dillon) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.misc Subject: Re: Metal locators/treasure hunting - information wanted Summary: but please don't use nails Message-ID: <13204@jumbo.dec.com> Date: 28 Jul 88 01:56:55 GMT References: <3099@ihuxz.ATT.COM> <1507@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> Organization: DEC Systems Research Center, Palo Alto Lines: 14