Field Archeology: Permits Anybody Ever Do One?

[iwillcya]

Was doing a little research on my states laws & came across this & just made me wonder if anybody has ever had the balls to try this as in asking permission from their states Archeologist? Could you imangine what you might be able to find on protected land if you got permission!!!

(a) Enables the director of the State Historical Society to issue a permit to a qualified person to engage in field archeology on state sites and sites owned by political subdivisions, with the approval of the state archeologist.

[LeoinPA]

Originally Posted by iwillcya

Was doing a little research on my states laws & came across this & just made me wonder if anybody has ever had the balls to try this as in asking permission from their states Archeologist? Could you imangine what you might be able to find on protected land if you got permission!!!

(a) Enables the director of the State Historical Society to issue a permit to a qualified person to engage in field archeology on state sites and sites owned by political subdivisions, with the approval of the state archeologist.

Hey iwillcya

I hadn't thought about it before. I'd almost be afraid to ask them what they consider a "Qualified Person". I would be inclined to believe it's an exclusionary term to keep out the undesirables. (read amateurs like me and you). Just one opinion.

Thanks
Leo

[King Bee]

I think Leo has it correct. I've always read those provisions to mean the archeologist would probably extend permission to academia, but not to hobbyists, or anyone who is digging up stuff for potential monetary gain. That being said, I've never tried. Heck, maybe the SA has a pile of permits he hands out to whoever asks for them! Give it a shot and lets us know how it panned out.

[iwillcya]

I would assume if you were going to ask permission to hunt an area, it would automatically go with out saying that anything you found would go to the state historicial society & or some museum as it came from protected property. I know we are all after the big find, but if I happen to be lucky enough to get to hunt on protected property, I won't have any objections to donating what I found as long as I got to take some pictures of the finds & or got credit for the finds especially if there were going on display some where, but that's just me.