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Nighthawks step up raids on buried treasure |
coldrum
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|  Posted 05-10-2009 at 23:14
ARMED with metal detectors, they conduct their raids under cover of darkness, creeping onto other people’s property to dig up ancient artefacts of gold and silver, which they will sell to the highest bidder.
These are the treasure hunters known as “nighthawks” and their nocturnal activities can be as lucrative as they are illegal, with some Roman and Anglo-Saxon items selling on the black market for five-figure sums.
English Heritage and other experts say the nighthawks are destroying Britain’s historical legacy by disturbing ancient sites and depriving museums of important artefacts. The news last month of the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon hoard in Staffordshire, which could make a millionaire of its finder — Terry Herbert, a legitimate metal detectorist — is fuelling fears of even more illegal activity as nighthawkers try to unearth fortunes of their own.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6860145.ece
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