dallgire
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Obviously im new to this but i want to go to the local YMCA and metal detect i cant seem to get anyone to say yes or no! what do you guys think?
Kids Matt. It's very sensitive to go on any property these days where the kids congregate.mlayers said:What's so special about the YMCA?.......Matt
Having written permission ,if accessible is always a good insurance policy just in case someone wants to pressure you. But any place that has the huge responsibility for other people's kids is surely a touchy subject. My wife and I run kids centers, and I know that there are strict policies about having people on site when the kids are present, but like mentioned above there should be no problem accessing these sites after hours or in the off season.Tom_in_CA said:One thing you guys got to remember about private property, is that there is different types of private property (at least ...... from a psychological sense). For example: shopping centers are "private property", right? Yet you can waltz through there, whistle dixie, and perhaps even juggle tennis balls in the parking lot (so long as you weren't a nuisance). So the point is, there are some types of private property that are sort of quasi semi public. They might have a sign with small print something to the effect of "permission to pass revokable by owner..." etc...
Now this is all as opposed to someone's private yard, or a fenced posted property, etc... See the difference?
Now I dunno about your locale, but where I'm at, the YMCA facility (which has a little lawn and park around it too), is sort of one of these quasi-public feels to it. Ie.: no one would say "boo" to you, unless you were being a nuisance in some other way. And they have a campground too in the hills near me, where various other groups reserve it for use. It's not fenced or anything, etc... So I dunno why, but that has a different flavor than say ... someone's private resort, or a church's private conference grounds facility, or something of that nature.
But go figure: you're asking this on a forum where some people will say you need permission to even hunt public sandboxes.
SeaninNH said:Go in and talk to the director. Tell him what you want to do, ask if it's ok and hope for the best.
Don't just go detecting at the Y. Someone WILL ask you to leave. There is a good chance he will let you.
SeaninNH said:As for being worried in a park.. Don't worry about detecting in parks. It's your park as much as anyone else's. As long as you dig neat plugs, take your trash and don't leave holes you will be fine.