Some "Aviation Enthusiasts" nearly came a cropper here.
The bomb was found in the bucket of their JCB, according to The Independent, so obviously good archaeological practice was (as ever for wreckologists) not the No. 1 priority!
I am led to believe Eliott Smock of "The Whitley Project" was the digger in question. Perhaps he would have been better to leave well alone.
He has said since the original date of the posting that he makes no claim to be an archaeologist, and is just digging to get parts to attempt to make a museum piece.
It's nice that he does not have the common delusions of grandeur, but even if you are a house-builder, wouldn't it be better to allow professional archaeologists to make the maximum possible use of your dig site?
If you are going to drive a digger through a crash site, you will irreversibly destroy the archaeological evidence.
Why not follow the new CADW guidelines, even if you are not required to do so by law?
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