People should do whatever they want with the pieces they find. You found them, you can sell them, restore them, return them to the wild, smash them into tiny pieces, or roll them up and try to smoke them. They're not a possession of mankind, they're a possession of a man (or women), do whatever you want.
For me though, I don't see what's wrong with a broken piece? Pieces break. They broke anciently, they break from modern impacts. I look at a nice piece of a tool and appreciate it as it is. I like finding whole pieces as well but I don't really look at a great base and wish the tip was there. I know there used to be a tip there. I can imagine what the piece looks like with the tip. For me I'd rather not compromise the integrity of an artifact in the name of art (which is what I consider restored pieces). Artifacts have damage, have flaws, have imperfections. I collect artifacts, I can live with the damage, flaws and imperfections, to me that's a part of the game and not one that is bad.
Again, I really do mean no offense to the pro-restoration crowd. I'm know there are a lot of people out there who do it and I have no problem at all with them doing it. I'm just presenting a possible reason of why a guy wouldn't get a nice but incomplete piece restored.
I do have to agree with what Treasure Hunter (I think) said in another somewhat related post, that when I see restored points in a collection or associated with a collector it does cause me to have greater concern about the authenticity of the remainder of artifacts from the person.
Just my 2 cents.
For me though, I don't see what's wrong with a broken piece? Pieces break. They broke anciently, they break from modern impacts. I look at a nice piece of a tool and appreciate it as it is. I like finding whole pieces as well but I don't really look at a great base and wish the tip was there. I know there used to be a tip there. I can imagine what the piece looks like with the tip. For me I'd rather not compromise the integrity of an artifact in the name of art (which is what I consider restored pieces). Artifacts have damage, have flaws, have imperfections. I collect artifacts, I can live with the damage, flaws and imperfections, to me that's a part of the game and not one that is bad.
Again, I really do mean no offense to the pro-restoration crowd. I'm know there are a lot of people out there who do it and I have no problem at all with them doing it. I'm just presenting a possible reason of why a guy wouldn't get a nice but incomplete piece restored.
I do have to agree with what Treasure Hunter (I think) said in another somewhat related post, that when I see restored points in a collection or associated with a collector it does cause me to have greater concern about the authenticity of the remainder of artifacts from the person.
Just my 2 cents.
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