I never heard of this term "detectologists… a blend between archaeologists and detectorists", but it makes sense. There's such a hunger for understanding other

I never heard of this term "detectologists… a blend between archaeologists and detectorists", but it makes sense. There's such a hunger for understanding other cultures and our history. On a this-is-how-people-actually-lived gut level, versus the traditional here's-a-list-of-dates-to-memorize level: "When you pick up that Roman coin out of the ground, after it’s been there for 2,000 years, it still puts tingles up my spine that the last person to touch that coin was a Roman…" In fact, this hunger is so vast an entire industry of crack-pot theories sprung up to feed it. "Mysteries of the ancient Sumers", "This one weird trick the pyramid builders did"… it's a regular money machine. But in between the hardcore (often impenetrable) mainstream experts and the cranks and money scams, there's a solid territory where amateurs want to do—and often do—good science. The guys who found these silver coins and reported them responsibly are probably in the same camp.