Recent high profile 'treasure' finds have led to organised criminal gangs once again targetting scheduled sites with teams of metal detectorists illegally searching and stealing metal objects. The people who then buy and sell this stuff are guilty of perpetuating a trade which destroys our heritage. If you buy archaeology you are helping criminals, destroying history and making the world a poorer place.
The term Nighthawks should be changed for something far less flattering to describe these shitheads. How about 'shitehawks'?

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