Mr "Unknown" (sic): You are not making much sense in your two comments above. You use the detectorists' eleventh stock mantra "you are only writing like that because you are jealous". Save it for your forums "Unknown". I write about the issues surrounding portable antiquities collecting, because I see issues here. If you don't, it's not my problem.
I suppose I could run competitions with donated "prizes" which could require participants to subscribe/like first and also become "notable". But frankly I am quite happy here in my own little corner of the internet. On the contrary, this is my place and I am perfectly happy if the only people who come here are those that want to know something about the issues. And people do, and those who think deeper about them will take note that there is NEVER a proper answer from your side.
Mr Holdsworth is welcome to present his further reflections in the comments, but if all he is capable of is threaten and attempt to censor, that will be noted too.
Please sign your real name under any further posts, or I'll not be accepting them. If you have something sensible to say, there is no reason to be anonymous. Thanks.
Paul Barford....the "archeologist" without a PHD. Calling DDD a grave digger and thief is absolutely slanderous and defaming. You obviously watch enough of his videos to know what he does and what he's been through, with people like you. There are several apology videos on youtube addressed to DDD and I'm eagerly looking forward to yours. You sit on your high and mighty education and demean others. You're nothing but a school yard bully. None of your other blogs have comments Ive noticed, and since picking on Dan, you've gained some notoriety. So it appears that you're using this opportunity to get the fame that you couldn't achieve as an archeologist. Its pretty obvious that you're not very well liked, even in your own field, by your own peers. I better NEVER see an archeologist use a metal detector!! Plus, Id like to note that you like to go after the people that use the machines, yet, havent seen evidence of you going after the metal detecting manufacturers. Is it perhaps that you're afraid that someone with equal intellect will put you in your place?! Most likely. I guess its easier to take the low road and trash people that you perceive as beneath you. You're a despicable human being sir. I certainly hope that DDD isnt truly bothered with your slander and continues to be the great ambassador of human kindness and generosity that he is. He doesn't need the negative attention that you crave so much. Pathetic little worm.
Paul, I'm with you on the whole thing over DDD and the German helmet, I think its wrong. I've been reading through this vlog and I've noticed a lot of salty fanboys and girls using the whole "jealous" card or saying that you're a hater. Mind you I wouldnt worry, that logic is commonly used by people with an inability to understand the concept of free speech, I dont see you doing anything wrong. As for deep digger dan, He comes off as a nice guy in his videos, I'm sure he probably is in person, but, the way he responds to anyone that disagrees with him, I find quite vile, mainly because of the threats and intimidation that he tries to use to his advantage. Also, his misunderstanding of copyright laws really irritates me, unless of course he understands them and is just trying to disregard them in a poor attempt to scare you into taking any content involving himself down.
Nailing a bunker buried deep under rock or concrete could one day mean the difference between nuclear war and a diplomatic row. (Think Iran's underground atomic gear caches.) In the *New Scientist *technology blog, I describe a technique developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory known as a "cluster charge" which makes blasting rock with shaped charges far more efficient.
The state of artificial forest belt of the age of 45 years after initial deep digger plowing (to 40 cm depth) on the dry steppe Kastanozems (chestnut soil) complex of South Russia (Rostov region) was studied. The soil agro-ecological properties of the Kastanozem complex are unfavorable for silviculture as a result of natural solonetzic processes and passive deep digger plowing (to 40 cm depth). These methods fail to create a stable on the long-term pattern soil structure adequate for root development. A modeling experiment was conducted to study the soil solution composition of the Kastanozem complex and the properties, structure, and chemical calcium-carbonate equilibrium under the influence of biological processes and heavy metals. The activity of ions in soil solution determines the material composition, migration, and accumulation of salts into the soil aggregate system, vadose zone, saturation zone, and landscape, as well as the biosphere evolution. In soil solution, the electrically neutral ion pairs CaCO32-, CaSO42-, MgCO30, MgSO40 , and charged ion pairs CaHCO3+, MgHCO3-, NaCO3-, Na SO4-, CaOH+ and MgOH+ are formed. Interaction between the associated ions, organic matter and heavy metals in soil solution was characterized by thermodynamic mathematical model of the soil solution calcium carbonate equilibrium association and ion complexation as the drivers of mobility, transfer, and bioavailability of carbonates, organic matter, nutrients, and microelements including heavy metals. The calculation of the free and associated macro-ion form equilibrium compositions in soil solutions at 25 C using the developed program ION-2 revealed that at high soil solution ionic strength the ions Ca2+, Mg2+, SO42- and CO32- are bound to associated ions. The association and complexation of ions in soil solution increases the transfer of carbonates, organic matter, and heavy metals in soil, and the transport of matter to the vadose zone. A mathematical model of the soil dissolved organic matter transfer in Kastanozem complex was proposed. For semiarid steppe environment long-term soil geophysical sustainability, the 30-60 cm soil layer intra-soil milling was developed. Intra-soil watering was proposed to reduce dissolved organic matter and heavy metal mobility. Mineral and biological matter and waste recycling into the optimized soil aggregate system formed by intra-soil milling for to enrich and speedup the C, N, P, and heavy metals turnover, and to provide the high rate cycling was proposed for environment, energy and climate certainty. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, Project No. 5.948.2017/PP, RFBR no. 18-55-05023.