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As one who
w has been n a detectorisst for the besst part of 30 years I can honestly
h sayy that my
interactioon with the PAS
P has been life changing.
In 2003 Kurt
K Adams became myy local FLO in i South Glooucestershiree, after the sccheme was rolled
r
out nationally that yeear. Since thaat time I havve become onne of the moost prolific reecorders in my
m
area withh the schemee. This is duee to the workk of Kurt andd the centrall unit that suppports him in
i his
role.
Meeting Kurt in Octo ober 2003, I did not realise what an impact
i the PAS
P would have
h on my life.
l
Through their educattion, outreacch and inclussion through public archaaeology I haave been amaazed
at just hoow much theey're involved with and juust how far they
t reach. Kurt
K had beeen a fantasticc
ambassaddor for the sccheme whichh has been clearly
c led byy the centrall unit under Dr
D Roger Blland.
Equally the
t same can n be said of the
t many othher FLO's baased throughhout Englandd and Wales,,
some of whom
w I've had
h the pleassure of meetiing.
I have a passion for what the PAS is, but the last thing it needs now is change, in fact that will be
disastrous for it. I am a front line user of the PAS and am bemused that Mr. Clare is obviously
taking advice from a vociferous group of anti-PAS supporters playing silly playground games
with a national treasure, a couple of whom don't even live or pay tax in this country!
The PAS is achieving what it set out to do, why oh why dismantle it now!
I urge anyone who reads this to support the petition and save both the central Unit and have the
PAS brought in under the British Museums Wing as now the MLA has surely pitted itself against
the scheme through its very obvious public actions!
As a last point I would like to remind everyone who remembers what it was like pre 1997 when
the PAS began. I sincerely hope that none of us would want to return to those times, but I fear
that is exactly where we're heading if what the MLA has planned happens. The PAS will not
survive in the Renaissance regions, like so many other projects money will become an issue
somewhere down the line and jobs will go as they already are. If we remove the head from the
PAS the body will die, if that happens then there are many that believe that detecting will be
banned. All that will do is create a monster that none of us surely wants!
Peter Twinn, Archaeologist & Detectorist and front line user of the PAS.