duggap
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- Dec 11, 2007
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- Metal Detecting
The Feds have been applying the National Antiquities Act, which says you can't remove anything from public lands made by the hand of man and over 100 years old. They exempted arrow heads and minie balls if found on top of the ground. The state of Georgia has passed a law that requires you to have the landowners written permission and the written permission must be on your person anytime you are hunting the property. Alabama tried to pass a law that said all artifacts were considered state property, even on privately owned land. It was, thankfully, defeated. I guess just be careful or use cammo.
) Heck, people who've done less than you, have even been put in jail! Like, maybe the cop will say "he made a threatening move towards me" (when all you did was reach for your registration), blah blah blah. But even though we read of freak incidents like those, none of us fears driving. We just reasonably assume that as long as we are not doing something that's against the posting (speed limits, U-turns, etc...) that the odds of being caught up in some "over-zealous cop thing", are going to be soooo rare, as to be no concern.
