Tom_in_CA
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Although Mfitzy111 says it, I'd like to emphasize that his admonition to get permission "in writing" was only for places where access isn't allowed, or the hobby was specifically disallowed. That is: this "permission in writing" thing is not for parks where access wasn't disallowed, and detecting was not prohibited. In the context of this post, it was for a school which had "no trespassing" signs.
Personally (here in CA anyhow, but perhaps true in other states), those signs at fenced school yards mean next to nothing, and no one who's going there after hours (here in CA anyhow) "asks" to use the basketball hoops, jog the track, etc.... They're just the obligatory signs to prevent someone from suing when the fall off the swings. But ...... sure ....... if you still want to get permission to be on the school yard after hours, so be it (which you did). But other than that, the "permission in writing" thing is only for places where it is needed. Because otherwise, to ask a bureacrat to give you written permission to hunt an open park, where it wasn't disallowed to begin with, is the fastest way to get a "no", where no one ever had a problem before.
Because when you think of it, the mere fact of someone putting a contract on their desk to sign for "permission", merely conjurs up legal issues, problems, damage, etc... (lest, why else would you have asked, if something weren't inherently wrong with your hobby, to begin with?). Thus save this "permission in writing" thing for places where there is express signage, to begin with.
Personally (here in CA anyhow, but perhaps true in other states), those signs at fenced school yards mean next to nothing, and no one who's going there after hours (here in CA anyhow) "asks" to use the basketball hoops, jog the track, etc.... They're just the obligatory signs to prevent someone from suing when the fall off the swings. But ...... sure ....... if you still want to get permission to be on the school yard after hours, so be it (which you did). But other than that, the "permission in writing" thing is only for places where it is needed. Because otherwise, to ask a bureacrat to give you written permission to hunt an open park, where it wasn't disallowed to begin with, is the fastest way to get a "no", where no one ever had a problem before.
Because when you think of it, the mere fact of someone putting a contract on their desk to sign for "permission", merely conjurs up legal issues, problems, damage, etc... (lest, why else would you have asked, if something weren't inherently wrong with your hobby, to begin with?). Thus save this "permission in writing" thing for places where there is express signage, to begin with.