Polluted compost killing crops and metal detecting

2:11pm Thursday 3rd January 2013 in News By James Cox

Polluted compost killing crops and metal detecting Polluted compost killing crops and metal detecting

METAL detector enthusiasts claim contaminated compost is preventing historic finds and damaging the environment.

Farmers are spreading their fields with green waste from households, under EU regulations.

But members of the Colchester Metal Detecting Club said the waste is polluted with household rubbish and is damaging crops.

The cause has been raised in Parliament by Colchester MP, Sir Bob Russell.

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SOMETHING2SAY says...
3:13pm Thu 3 Jan 13

erm...youre miffed that you have to wash your wellies when you get home....!!

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catflap1 says...
5:59pm Fri 4 Jan 13

good, stop them destroying the archaeology provenance of the material they pillage in the name of a hobby

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Boris says...
12:57am Sat 5 Jan 13

This abbreviated story is perplexing, but the full story as printed in the paper does make sense.
Metal detectorists were accused of misbehaviour in the early days, but as I understand it, they have enabled a lot of important archaeological finds to be made.

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