Ray in CA
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- Oct 11, 2007
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I'm a bit heated right now.
I was minding my own business tonight detecting an easement in front of an old, vacated house. The neighbor next door comes out and asks me what I'm doing, and after a short chat he wishes me luck. Then the neighbor across the street comes over and decides he's gonna tell me how disrespectful he thinks it is for me to do what I'm doing one someone else's "property." He then informs me he's with the sheriff's office (as if I care) and that he's called the local police and is expecting them to come out in a little while.
I tell him that's fine, but informed him that first of all the easement is not someone's property but city property, and that there is no city ordinance against what I'm doing, i.e. it's perfectly legal. Secondly, I fill in all my holes so as to not create a hazard for anyone who walks on it, because I'm respectful. Just then he gets a phone call on his cell...it's the police. I hear him telling them what I've been doing, and apparently he didn't get the answer he wanted, i.e. that my activity is illegal. He gets off and then proceeds to repeat how he feels that what I'm doing is disrespectful, blah blah blah.
I guess I wasn't in the mood to listen to any more of his tripe. If he wasn't going to listen to the police then he was going to get an earful from me. So I just pretty much let him have it, and with a real perturbed tone in my voice I said, "You know, I'm out here enjoying a perfectly clean and decent hobby. I'm not hurting anyone, I'm not harassing anyone. What I am doing is perfectly legal, and you have the nerve to come out here and harass me? I could be digging in the easement on YOUR side, buddy, but I'm not!" (I was sooo tempted to say, "Next time I come out, I AM digging on YOUR easement!", but I'm not a vindictive or spiteful person, so I didn't.)
After that my mood to detect was just ruined and I headed home. This was the first time I actually argued with someone over my detecting. Normally I just brush it off and move on. Not this time!
Happier Hunting to all,
Ray
I was minding my own business tonight detecting an easement in front of an old, vacated house. The neighbor next door comes out and asks me what I'm doing, and after a short chat he wishes me luck. Then the neighbor across the street comes over and decides he's gonna tell me how disrespectful he thinks it is for me to do what I'm doing one someone else's "property." He then informs me he's with the sheriff's office (as if I care) and that he's called the local police and is expecting them to come out in a little while.
I tell him that's fine, but informed him that first of all the easement is not someone's property but city property, and that there is no city ordinance against what I'm doing, i.e. it's perfectly legal. Secondly, I fill in all my holes so as to not create a hazard for anyone who walks on it, because I'm respectful. Just then he gets a phone call on his cell...it's the police. I hear him telling them what I've been doing, and apparently he didn't get the answer he wanted, i.e. that my activity is illegal. He gets off and then proceeds to repeat how he feels that what I'm doing is disrespectful, blah blah blah.
I guess I wasn't in the mood to listen to any more of his tripe. If he wasn't going to listen to the police then he was going to get an earful from me. So I just pretty much let him have it, and with a real perturbed tone in my voice I said, "You know, I'm out here enjoying a perfectly clean and decent hobby. I'm not hurting anyone, I'm not harassing anyone. What I am doing is perfectly legal, and you have the nerve to come out here and harass me? I could be digging in the easement on YOUR side, buddy, but I'm not!" (I was sooo tempted to say, "Next time I come out, I AM digging on YOUR easement!", but I'm not a vindictive or spiteful person, so I didn't.)
After that my mood to detect was just ruined and I headed home. This was the first time I actually argued with someone over my detecting. Normally I just brush it off and move on. Not this time!
Happier Hunting to all,
Ray