wainzoid
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I was just curious how the second attempt at poaching went? Do we need to collect donations toward bail, or fines, or funeral flowers?
A public sandbox and private property with posted "no trespassing" signs are very different things....
.....many good hunting sites are now off limits due to guys sneaking in and trespassing......
Yes. Granted. And you'll see from my context that I point out that since some md'rs actually think they need to "seek permission" for sandboxes, well then how-much-more-so would those persons take a dim view of fence-hopping. I wasn't saying they were the same in legal/ethical md'ing category
Jeremy, this notion has always perplexed me. That "laws" are created when md'rs "break laws". Huh? How so? If someone is hopping fences to detect, and is caught ...... then .... correct me if I'm wrong: Isn't he ALREADY breaking a law ? Why do you think that the cop or homeowner who chases him off, jumps from that to thinking "gee, let's make md'ing at our local beach illegal ?"
I'm not saying it's right to hop fences. But just that I don't see the connection between that, and the notion that bureaucrats will then rush to outlaw it at legal places, where no law is being broken.
"No Reason At All" started this thread!
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The Op is talking about hunting a site with no trespassing signage up. It has not been determined if the property is under public or private ownership but I can see where it can easily be perceived to be private.
Past Times and Present Tensions: Archaeology and the psyche: part six ? archaeology as fetishism If you will notice on this link I provided in paragraph 5 is a quote by me that was borrowed with my permission. While I don't really feel I'm important enough that my permission is needed to use one of my quotes, I think it was noted out of courtesy. I feel this is where the Battle lines" should be drawn as for someone's claim to ownership of something someone finds. Unless people realize that they are stopping the natural history of an item when they force someone to do something they do not wish to do with an item, they can not argue the point of how far (and under what circumstances) controlling an item can go. While your suggestions sound good they could have a backfire effect in bringing attention to the hobby. They could be beneficial if all people involved would look at the fact of what they are talking about. That fact is that when someone is forced to do something with an item they find, the natural progression of the history of that item is lost.
Your wrong kid - All of the 3 rivers parks in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area have been banned to Metal Detecting for no reason, except the authorities don't understand it. Someone complained about a detectorists on a beach and "the powers that be" decided to make a law. People fear what they don't understand and therefore laws are made up.
They said they don't want people digging the beach up at a meeting - We asked about kids making sand castle's - They couldn't come up with a reply, but the law stands because a few people complain.
That is very sad - and it's happening all over this Country.