THIS is what gives some archys a bad name!

[whiskeyman]

JIM...[/align]I understand where yer coming from. AB& GC magazine has hashed it out with "archies " a few times in the past in the letter columns. [/align] [/align]So far my site hasn't produced all that many emails and 75% deal with wanting to know about local bottles/history. Other 25% are people thanking me for providing the info about their relatives and in a complimentary manner.[/align]I used to have a Guestbook, but took it down because porn sites were posting their addys in it...repeatedly. I'd delete the entries and next day - there they were again.[/align]

 

[morbious_fod]

Thanks for the intel Whiskeyman. Note to self no guestbook.

I didn't know that there were issues between archeologists and bottle diggers. It is kind of odd that archeologists would be thinking that anyone else who digs would be a grave robber when their own profession can been seen in the same light. The only difference between archeologist and a grave robber is the scientific/historical justification.

Nothing against archeologists, I even wanted to be one at one point. I've always had a love of history and a desire for knowledge, it is one of the things that brought me into bottle collecting in the first place. For anyone to assume that, just because they have a scientific justification and degree in archeology, they are the only ones who have a right to anything buried is illogical.

 

[PhilaBottles]

they are just angry some of us know just as much or more than them. ive 'out knowledged' archaeologists...its fuuun []

 

[Jim]

I've seen those "guestbook spammers". Some of these porn/Viagra/electronics/other crap sellers have absolutely no class, and no respect for anyone's guestbooks or discussion boards. I give a BIG thumbs-up to Roger for doing an excellent job of getting rid of these lowlifes when they occasionally surface on this forum! I have seen spammers ruin many discussions on boards.

Most archaeologists are good people who know the difference between bottle hobbyists and looters. The ones who don't just aren't very bright. I looted a beer can from my back yard once. It was buried...lawn mower found it. I pulled it out and got rid of it, now I have ruined an archaeological site [&:]. ~Jim

 

[tigue710]

they're mad cause they dont get to keep anything... and we do!

 

[whiskeyman]

MORBIOUS...we have something in common besides bottles/research, etc. When a kid I was wild about dinosaurs and remained interested in archaeology until I was about 19...then I joined the Navy...LOL.
After I got out, I attended college and took some courses in Geology, Geomorphology, Biology, plus the standard required ones. Had to drop out after 6 quarters. But a few years later I resumed , in night school...small curriculum there: Sociology, Psychology, Business & Accounting. ..ack!! I endured the 1st two subjects for 4 quarters before my GI Bill ran out.[/align]

 

[whiskeyman]

To the "Archies", even a fragment of material may contain useful info. Most bottle diggers pay scant attention to shards, sherds, etc...unless there's enough found that one can "rebuild" the container, plate, etc.
OR, if it's an extremely scarce example...[/align]OR...if it piques their curiosity...[/align]

 

[morbious_fod]

How'd you know that I was a dinosaur nut as a kid? LOL! Of course on other factor to my wanting to be an archeologist stems from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I like nearly every other kid from my generation wanted to wear a Fedora and trot around the globe seeking lost civilizations.

 

[baltbottles]

I guess I was the only kid who wanted to wear a top hat and be the monopoly guy LOL

So Now I play in the dirt for fun go figure?

Chris

 

[CALDIGR2]

"Val" could very well be a trained Archaeologist. It seems that a part of their formal education is to learn to detest all collectors of any kind as low mentality losers whose sole objective is to pillage the "archaeological record" and deny future generations of their ilk the right to excavate. I say f**k 'em, and dig away, I certainly do.