ALMOST SAT DOWN, Darn :) And the police

JackalopeZL1

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Good After noon all, Long Story but what the heck!! If you want to know about the Dig itself skip to the bottom couple of paragraphs :grin:

Anyways I spent a couple hrs at this old park I have done good at in the past with a Gold chain, a few silvers, buffs and the normal clad.

Today I was there about 45 minutes when who shows up? you guessed it the police, He proceeds to tell me that one of the workers from the park district called and said I was vandalizing the park?????? He proceeded to tell me it was against the rules to metal detect there.

I was polite with him and asked him if he had ever read the cities regulations for parks? He said no, I politely told him I had and it says nothing about metal detecting being illegal. I then told him I actually had permission from Gene the head parks worker. He was surprised and looked confused at this point. I then asked him if he could point out where I had "Vandalized" the park? I told him that I had dug no less than 30 holes with in 50' of us. He looked around and said he didn't see anything but that I had to leave.

At this point I was frustrated. I told him so all while being very respectful. I said I would leave but I was doing nothing wrong, I checked regulations, I had permission even though technically I did not need any since I was within the rules. And I asked him if he wanted all the trash I had been picking up along the way? He looked down at all the trash in my bag and you could tell he really felt like he was in a odd spot, He knew I did nothing wrong.

I asked him how he determines when something had been vandalized and asked him wouldn't you have some evidence of the said vandalism before you remove someone for Vandalism?

Right about then I saw the Lead parks guy "Gene" I had permission from and waved him over. He immediately told the Cop I was fine and wanted his half of the finds :) The officer was happy with Gene Saying I was good and then proceeded to tell me he was sorry and hates going on calls like this. He told me to have fun and told me the shift he always works and said he would not be back if called again.. I did thank him and let him know my frustration was not directed towards him just the situation. He agreed and left, Nice guy.


So anyways on to the good stuff. About 30 minutes after the shakedown I got a signal on the ctx that sounded great but the FE was a little high for a 5 inch target. most of the time if it shows that depth and the FE is 18 to 19 like this was I pass. But it was consistent on the tone all the way around so digging away I went. I dug and got a signal with the pin-pointer in the bottom side of the hole, I instantly thought damn bent nail..lol Popped another little chunk out of the hole to find my nail and BOOM there was a silver rim. I cleaned it off and I saw a very worn "ONE DIME" :lol: Flipped it over and Saw the worn barber dime face. But Heck it was a 1892 and in CA, We don't see them that old too much!!!! First year barber.. SO happy but oh so close to a seated!!! It is a 1892 S dime. Can't see the "S" very well but it is there. I looked for friends and got another signal!! Then I found why it pinpointed off and had HI FE, the head of a Square nail was laying in the bottom..

I dug a wheat and a Buff and some bling. Then Packed it up and went home with a Smile on my Face with my oldest silver yet!!









 

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BeenFishin

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Ive never met a bad cop. And believe me, ive met quite a few cops over the years. I find that once they see that you respect them, they will respect you. You did the right thing by not running. Nice Dime!
 

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Ive never met a bad cop. And believe me, ive met quite a few cops over the years. I find that once they see that you respect them, they will respect you. You did the right thing by not running. Nice Dime!

That is NOT the case all the time. Respect is earned. You have gotten lucky. Not only was I a cop for 9 years, and have see a lot. I also have dealt with officers that would never earn my respect.

I could care less if you have a badge, gun, or supposed authority. If you shove me, I am shoving back. Two chief's have found that out and I won both times.
 

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That is NOT the case all the time. Respect is earned. You have gotten lucky. Not only was I a cop for 9 years, and have see a lot. I also have dealt with officers that would never earn my respect.

I could care less if you have a badge, gun, or supposed authority. If you shove me, I am shoving back. Two chief's have found that out and I won both times.

Same here. Gotta give respect to earn it. Someone with a badge is just another human like you and I. They deserve respect yes but so do I.
 

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good job talking with the officer, you made us all look better for it. good finds too.
 

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JackalopeZL1

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Thanks. Might be heading back in the next couple days Hopefully more goodies. Need to take a deus out there. There is one area with lots of very old Iron that I know will have some old goodies!!
 

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Northern California, I'm in Northern California too. So far, no run-ins with the police.

Good job on the semi-key date Barber dime! If you go to the right NorCal parks, you can actually dig a seated dime once in a blue moon.

HH,
Brian
 

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JackalopeZL1

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What part of Norcal you from? I am up in Butte county. And I sure am looking forward to a seated!! Never have dug one
 

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What part of Norcal you from? I am up in Butte county. And I sure am looking forward to a seated!! Never have dug one

I'm down in the SF bay area, it's a tough area to hunt as there's a lot of competition and they've been pounding everything around here for 30+ years, but there's still good finds to be made.

HH,
Brian
 

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JackalopeZL1

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I'm down in the SF bay area, it's a tough area to hunt as there's a lot of competition and they've been pounding everything around here for 30+ years, but there's still good finds to be made.

HH,
Brian

I have often dreamed of having my ctx 3030 30 years ago to detect with in a place like SF.. You would Kill it!!

You handled the situation with Class and made all of proud!:occasion14:

Thanks :)
 

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