pocketspill
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I really don't think the local paper, or any media, is going to accurately depict what we do. They are only going to focus on the parts that would be of the greatest interest. It wouldn't be a documentary, it would cut and trimmed, to fit in the space available. A human interest bit, would mostly focus on what was found, and the emotional reunion. Really don't see how pointing how rare the occurrence is, or how many hours, holes, and pulltab finds were put in, before stumbling across a personal item, that could be returned. And of course, we would want to avoid statements about 'usually' keeping such items, and just feeling generous that day...
Good point. However, smaller community papers allow guest columns, and there the writer has lots of control. I think it could turn out more realistic in that case. But if you just turn a reporter loose - the detectorists' role would be subdued.