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Not much comfort to his family.

Thatcher Boris Blair Cameron brown all the same donkey wake up🤣

Who does like anything that old bitch did. Thank fuck she's burning in hell and Blair, Brown, Cameron, and Boris are all going the same way. The suffering they've caused is criminal

Mick Aston is credited as hating Labour and calling them "Tories in disguise". The thing about Marxists is I'm not quite convince on how their solutions would actually create a better society when you take into account social behavior, but I think the man does deserve credit for seeing the worship of maximizing profit and all associated greed as something truly evil.

I think he did. Mick was an old mate of mine, knew him 30 years. He had a cerebral event (stroke) at one point, and afterwards he said to me several times that he wouldn't make old bones. I tried to josh him along with jokes about getting a telegram from the king [for overseas, this happens when you turn 100], but he was negative about it, and sadly, at the end, he thought he hadn't made a difference. It's so sad, because he had made thousands of peoples lives better. It's been years, but I still miss my old friend.

@@vincerussett7922 your comment breaks my heart. For this Yank, Mick is an inspiration to me. Even though I work in Software Development and I'm in a field about as diverse as you can be from his, when you can reach out and inspire people to know more about who they are and who they can be... well, that's just divine. I will always remember him as much as I can from my limited knowledge from the shows, his good humor, and his fierce intellect. Cheers mate, to him and his memory!

@@vincerussett7922 I am sorry for your loss. I admit I only found Mick and Time Team due to Covid quarantine so I missed out on their brilliance for a long time. I must say that Mick and Phil are my favorites from the show due to their passion for learning, understanding, and preserving the past.

@@DeebeeNonya The main thing is, you are here now.

I too found Tony irritating at the beginning, but then I came to adore him. He asked the questions we all would have asked Phil and Mick, sometimes teasing them and getting a sharp response from them. I loved his running around flapping his arms to show the distance from one place to another. His enthusiasm and his boyishness really livened up the programme. It will never be the same without him.

Yes, Tony was a pest. Sorry I don’t mean to be rude but he was a annoying.

Tony was vital, in that someone had to ask the questions & prise information out of the 'club' in order for us plebs to follow the plot.

The difference is you destroy in situ evidence by removing things without a full study of where it was found. It's an asshole thing to do. As is comparing making a few quid off doing hard work then doing more work writing about it. Tuck you detectorists.

You also discount years and years of education. You deteriorated are no more than a scavenging scourge and should be deeply ashamed of your selfishness.

Nothing against the Portable Antiquities Scheme, but in England and Wales the recording of non-Treasure finds by an individual (say a metal detectorist as that is what is being discussed) is voluntary. This inevitably means that people will keep objects for themselves or be tempted to sell them online thereby destroying valuable knowledge relating to the context in which they were found, what they can teach the public about our shared history, etc. Of course museums cannot show everything in their collections, but for the aforementioned reasons I'd much rather finds were in storage than, as Mick Aston said, on someone's mantlepiece. The number of finds I've read about that were not reported to archaologists and/or museums and that subsequently go missing when a person dies are too numerous to mention. It's simply not good enough when objects of this nature shouldn't, in principle, belong to any one individual. So yes, tehre's a huge difference between a museum institution and you showing your family and friends objects for your own enjoyment. Secondly, carrying out proper archaeological research according to a specific methodology and writing a book to communicate that knowledge to the public is not remotely the same as profiteering from material culture on ebay. Why you would suggest authors give away their work for free is a terrible comparison and baffling to say the least.

@@MontyCantsin5 there is thousands of artefacts stuck in draws in the back of museum's that will never be seen ,and then get sold off to pay for bigger finds ,the museum tried to rip me off on one of my finds ,and it was handed over to them within 24 hours of finding it ,they had it for 2 years and slandered me of in Arc magazines, they are in it for them selfs ,90% of the finds in the BM are found by us the detectorists but we dont get any credit for saving our history from being destroyed by farming ,watch the film called "The dig" this somes up the BM and their crooks

@@crazycressy7986: I've already acknowledged that museums have hundreds of thousands of objects in storage that are not seen by the public. This, however, is irrelevant. Artefacts are still safer in an institution with properly trained conservators, archivists, find specialists, etc than they are in private hands. This point is expressed very clearly in the video. Members of the public very often can't keep accurate records of finds; particularly from generation to generation. When this happens, real problems arise as context is lost and the stories objects can reveal to us disappear. Moreover, I think it's an exaggeration to state that ''90% of finds in the British Museum were discovered by metal detectorists''. That's just not the case. Archaeology is not about treasure hunting. Neither is it true that those who use metal detectors are saving our history to a greater extent than those involved in using other techniques. Sounds like you've simply got a chip on your shoulder over a past experience with a museum.

Amen to that!

True i miss him loads

I agree, John. I just purchased this book and it is an amazing work. Vale, Mick...

Well spoken! I agree in all you said!

What a wonderful comment. I parallel yr admiration!🙏😊