Cant stand a cheat!

[bzbadger]

Can't stand a cheat!

Assateague beach in MD has a no detecting policy from memorial day to labor day so today is usually a big rush to that beach. However for some time we have had a bunch of asshats that come from Baltimore and other places,lets say non-locals, who come in and camp spend the night and actually the night before the beach is open to law abiding detectorists go out in the dark and hunt the beach.

We arrived at 9am for the gates to open only to see people already on the beach detecting.no big deal because they opened the gates a few minutes early,however when we hit the beach there were holes every where. A large group scanning the sand came up with nothing but a few clad. 4 months with nobody hunting a well trafficked beach and nothing? Talk about some pissed off people. We knew it was those same asshats again. Seems we have too many posts about shows that incite ppl to become greedy hunters with no morals but here we already have that and been going on before any show on TV.
That's the stuff that makes me angry, people who feel it necessary to cheat, break the law just so they can get it before you do. I'd love to find one of these people and shove his detector where the sun don't shine, the more sand on it the better.
What do the officers say about it...we don't have the man power to patrol the beaches at night and the people know it. Just pathetic.

 

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[Lady Pirate]

Two sayings here.....
Gonna wait for the midnight hour or The early bird gets the worm
You decide which one is better

 

[bzbadger]

Neither one...these ppl knew what they were doing, they planned it knowing nobody was patrolling so they broke the law...basically an attitude of to hell with the law, to hell with the ppl who abide by it,im getting mine when I want to. I do like the song references though, I'd rather for them to hear the theme song to cops.

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

 

[twiasp]

Sounds like some good fuel to learn how to build a EMF machine to nuke their detectors when you see them lol.

 

[Sapper724]

Karma is real. They'll get theirs in the end, you can bet on it

Happy Hunting!

 

[JoeB_OH]

We have the exact policy here in Ohio, (The Cleveland metro parks), & I noticed yesterday not much to be found! It's obvious people have been detecting in the park, beaches for some time!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Well, how do you know those people didn't start till after mid-night? In which case, they would technically be within the law, for having waited till the correct day.

I guess your "beef" is that they went in to the park before the gates were open? Well, I'm not sure about your parks there, but .... where I'm at, the gate is simply for when cars can go in. There's nothing to stop walk-in traffic from going in earlier. In other words, there's really no "hours of operation" for the beach, per se. And the "gate" is merely when the car lot opens up. Pedestrians can walk down the beach, or come in on walk-paths, at any time.

So are you sure that to simply even BE there in the night, is forbidden? Because if not, then let this be a lesson to you, in future years, that you too should start at 12:01am. Early bird gets the worm.

 

[ivan salis]

their playing fast and loose -- they camp out and wait until 12:01am then its that day "legally" speaking -- unless the beach is legally "closed" / off limits with some type of police to enforce the we are closed until we come open the "gate" to let cars in policy . -- frankly if no one enforces the rules --so long as no one stops them , and their making good finds --do not expect it to stop.

 

[Lady Pirate]

Well, how do you know those people didn't start till after mid-night? In which case, they would technically be within the law, for having waited till the correct day.

I guess your "beef" is that they went in to the park before the gates were open? Well, I'm not sure about your parks there, but .... where I'm at, the gate is simply for when cars can go in. There's nothing to stop walk-in traffic from going in earlier. In other words, there's really no "hours of operation" for the beach, per se. And the "gate" is merely when the car lot opens up. Pedestrians can walk down the beach, or come in on walk-paths, at any time.

So are you sure that to simply even BE there in the night, is forbidden? Because if not, then let this be a lesson to you, in future years, that you too should start at 12:01am. Early bird gets the worm.

BINGO !!!!!

 

[cudamark]

This is why these types of laws (including many gun laws) are so ridiculous. Only the law abiding will follow them. It's obvious that no harm is being done or it would be a year round ban. Why just ban detecting in the summer? The solution to your problem is either to join the law breakers as a protest to the unfair nature of the ordinance, to change the law for year round hunting which is what it should be in a "free" country, or to take your beatings and not complain about it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

This is why these types of laws (including many gun laws) are so ridiculous. Only the law abiding will follow them. It's obvious that no harm is being done or it would be a year round ban. Why just ban detecting in the summer? The solution to your problem is either to join the law breakers as a protest to the unfair nature of the ordinance, to change the law for year round hunting which is what it should be in a "free" country, or to take your beatings and not complain about it.

Why do you think some law is being broken here? Read again. It's not certain that any law was broken. Those other fellows may indeed have waited till 12:01am to hunt. The issue was that they walked in before the gate opened (or camped there overnight as perhaps they have camping facilities?). If it was an issue of a gate, then that might simply have been for when the parking lot opens for cars to drive in. It doesn't necessarily mean that pedestrians can't walk on the beach. They would simply have to walk from further away, wherever they could find parking.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Pirates don't whine..

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

ROFL...rather than support, you have people justifying cheaters..."early bird gets the worm"...

wow.

 

[Normsel]

I sympathize with you. I know the feeling when you try to do things right so everyone has an equal chance. I am sure your real beef is that they are out of towners. To me it's mostly mutual respect which most people don't give a dam about these days. It's like driving while intoxicated and your .07999 or .05999 whichever the law is but your legal because you didn't reach the .08 or .06, to me 12:01 may be legal but you have to be pretty greedy to detect a beach at 12:01 hoping you will find the mother load or that 5k ring everyone hopes to find.

When i ever I run across another detector I talk to them but we most often go our separate ways and wish each other luck. It's kind of mutual respect that you don't hunt the same place as him unless you go out together.


We all know you can't do much about it but next year I would be there at 12:01 with a posse and line up shoulder to shoulder and I would be willing to bet they wouldn't stay long

 

[sandy shoes]

Does it say any where in the law you cant MD at 12.01 or at 3 am on that day. We hunt our beaches at night all the time in mass much easier no people to deal with .i agree with Normsel next year I would be there at 12:01 with a posse and line up shoulder to shoulder .

 

[Sandman]

We have the same rules and policies at the Michigan Metro Parks where the beaches are open to detecting after Labor Day till Memorial Day. Nobody is allowed to detect other times, but I can get in to do it as I am hired by people that lost jewelry and the parks can't stop people from trying to find their property. I find a lot more than what I am looking for. Should I toss those rings back for the other guys to find? I remove trash like chicken bones, band-aids, gum, paper cups. Stuff a guest shouldn't see in the water. I put out business cards, have coffee cups made to distribute to park managers, take park managers to lunch, deliver pizzas to staff. Its just business. If your not doing this, why not? I know, it is just a hobby with you.

 

[Ima Swinger]

If there is no rule against camping out at night on the beach I don't see the problem.
Am I missing something?
Is this any different than camping out in front of a ticket office to get your concert tickets, or outside your Toys R Us for that G I Joe with a kung fu grip that you promised little Johnny for Christmas?
I think not.
We don't own the parking lots or the stores, and we don't own the beaches either.
Assuming of course that they followed the rules, if you can't beat'em, join'em.

 

[CoilyGirl]

The whole thing sounds kind of scuzzy to me too bz.

 

[Muddyhandz]

This is an interesting thread as I see both sides of the story.
But it all boils down to the law of nature and here's the biggest problem in my eyes.....
What does anyone expect when they agree to meet and hunt a beach at 9 a.m.?
Is this stated by the park law that you can't detect until 9 when the gates open?
Out here, most beach hunters are packing it in at 9 because they started at 4 or 5 in the morning!
I'm sorry that it didn't pan out after waiting so long for it to be open to hunting.
You know what to do next year!
Cheers,
Dave.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Hey pippin-white-paws, how is it "cheating"? If the law only stated that the place opened to md'ing on a certain day, and if someone goes in as 12:01 or 3am, why is that "cheating"? Sounds like a wise person's tactic to me.