nc-joe
Hero Member
I am sad to say there are some detectorists in the Huntersville, NC area that are just not very good for the hobby. A few friends and I have been hitting a couple sites in Huntersville and came across of other detectorists there. At first, it was a little disappointing for find they would just toss their trash back into the hole and move on.
A few weeks later I ran into one of them at the site, I asked him how many times the same pull tab should be dug up? Of course I let him know that I did recover and IH penny and a nice dog license from their holes, but still, common courtesy would be take your trash. (and do a little better job on your holes) His first response was "Well there are other detectorists around here, it wasn't me or my brothers" On the contrary, on the first day of hitting the site, there had been no other detectorist there, other than me for about an hour the week before. And on that first day, there was the 4 of them and Myself and 2 of my buddies. So yeah, it was them. Between times of seeing them over there, my buddies and I hit a few vacant houses and found some really nasty craters and trash left behind. Upon my second encounter with the brother that lives around here (the other brothers just visit from West Virginia) he said he found flying eagle cent up the road at some vacant houses...... Well, today I went back to the main site, only to find not only has he decided not to pick up his trash, but now won't even close any of his holes.
What a shame the one person is so careless and selfish..... he, and his brothers in West Virginia, really cast all of us in the shadow of their poor judgement and really hurt the hobby for everyone. I know their last name, but don't feel it necessary to share it, yet. But if you see this activity, not just in North Carolina or West Virginia, but anywhere, speak up or we will all lose our places to hunt.
A few weeks later I ran into one of them at the site, I asked him how many times the same pull tab should be dug up? Of course I let him know that I did recover and IH penny and a nice dog license from their holes, but still, common courtesy would be take your trash. (and do a little better job on your holes) His first response was "Well there are other detectorists around here, it wasn't me or my brothers" On the contrary, on the first day of hitting the site, there had been no other detectorist there, other than me for about an hour the week before. And on that first day, there was the 4 of them and Myself and 2 of my buddies. So yeah, it was them. Between times of seeing them over there, my buddies and I hit a few vacant houses and found some really nasty craters and trash left behind. Upon my second encounter with the brother that lives around here (the other brothers just visit from West Virginia) he said he found flying eagle cent up the road at some vacant houses...... Well, today I went back to the main site, only to find not only has he decided not to pick up his trash, but now won't even close any of his holes.
What a shame the one person is so careless and selfish..... he, and his brothers in West Virginia, really cast all of us in the shadow of their poor judgement and really hurt the hobby for everyone. I know their last name, but don't feel it necessary to share it, yet. But if you see this activity, not just in North Carolina or West Virginia, but anywhere, speak up or we will all lose our places to hunt.
