In Boise you have to get a metal detecting permit to hunt the parks and school yards. I involves a simple test of recovering a few coins from an inch or two deep with just a probe. Targets rang up to 6 inches (they have been seeding the area for 20 years). I took the test to get the permit and passed with flying colors. I have a few thousand digs under my belt so it was pretty easy. I am pretty sure 99.9% of the people pass with flying colors.
Most people including me want people to have a positive view of our hobby and get pretty angry when we see some of the huge messes that other detectoists make. Some of us even try to clean up a bit after other people who don't see it fit to pick up their pulltab they just dug up.
The reason the permit process began in my city was that some detecorist made a hole and he didn't fill it back in. A girl at one of the schools was running and happened to stick her foot in the hole. I am guessing you can probably imagine what happened. Most of us are very concerned about leaving almost no sign that we have dug around in an area. Although the condition of the turf is important I would argue that picking up a pice of broken glass or filling in a hole that was not made by me is more important than just leaving no signs.
20 years after the tripping incident permits are still required. The casual traveler who just wants to hit one of the local parks may have a bit of trouble. It however does prevent people from just taking a shovel to the nearest park and going to town. Anyhow I think it is a good thing that a permit is requred -- it gives some respect to the hobby.
Now the finds
haha -- 3rd indian head of the year!! 1905 -- I still have yet to get a coin in the 1800's getting close though -- the wheat is a 1946s and the Dimes are 1946 Rosi, 1944 d Merc, 1943 s Merc. I didn't clean the silvers at all. The 1943 S merc came out of the gound basically clean where the other 2 have copious amounts of tarnish. Just makes you go hmmmm. The Indian head seemed a bit out of place. The feild where I dug these at is HUGE -- 4 basball diamonds -- 2 football feilds -- 2 vball courts -- 4 bball courts and a track. Could be some pretty old finds in the feild looks like the area was in use back in the early 1900's. The Ex2 does love silver dimes!!
Most people including me want people to have a positive view of our hobby and get pretty angry when we see some of the huge messes that other detectoists make. Some of us even try to clean up a bit after other people who don't see it fit to pick up their pulltab they just dug up.
The reason the permit process began in my city was that some detecorist made a hole and he didn't fill it back in. A girl at one of the schools was running and happened to stick her foot in the hole. I am guessing you can probably imagine what happened. Most of us are very concerned about leaving almost no sign that we have dug around in an area. Although the condition of the turf is important I would argue that picking up a pice of broken glass or filling in a hole that was not made by me is more important than just leaving no signs.
20 years after the tripping incident permits are still required. The casual traveler who just wants to hit one of the local parks may have a bit of trouble. It however does prevent people from just taking a shovel to the nearest park and going to town. Anyhow I think it is a good thing that a permit is requred -- it gives some respect to the hobby.
Now the finds
haha -- 3rd indian head of the year!! 1905 -- I still have yet to get a coin in the 1800's getting close though -- the wheat is a 1946s and the Dimes are 1946 Rosi, 1944 d Merc, 1943 s Merc. I didn't clean the silvers at all. The 1943 S merc came out of the gound basically clean where the other 2 have copious amounts of tarnish. Just makes you go hmmmm. The Indian head seemed a bit out of place. The feild where I dug these at is HUGE -- 4 basball diamonds -- 2 football feilds -- 2 vball courts -- 4 bball courts and a track. Could be some pretty old finds in the feild looks like the area was in use back in the early 1900's. The Ex2 does love silver dimes!!
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