{"id":569,"date":"2011-06-03T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/?p=569"},"modified":"2011-06-03T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T13:29:41","slug":"metal-detecting-helping-to-preserve-britains-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2011\/06\/metal-detecting-helping-to-preserve-britains-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal detecting &#8216;helping to preserve Britain&#8217;s history&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nice video about metal detecting from the BBC: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-13637861\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-13637861<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Guardian&#8217;s coverage of the PAS annual report launch: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/culture\/2011\/may\/25\/metal-detector-ancient-england-maps\">http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/culture\/2011\/may\/25\/metal-detector-ancient-england-maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be my last blog post for 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