Anyone else do this?
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DaChief
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I do it here in North Florida. I have a larger solid bag on my side for that stuff. A mesh bag doesn't work because the jagged edges of the trash can gouge your legs or pull and tear your wetsuit.
One of the worst things that we can do as treasure hunters is to leave a beach or park littered with things that we exposed from being buried. I have seen this happen. It doesn't matter who first buried the trash. What matters is the impression we leave. If the general public sees us dig a can out of the ground and then throw it down in plain view, then they look at us as litterers.
It is a good thing that you do and I hope for the sake of the hobby that most of us do the same. Any excuse people can use to ban us from beaches and parks is ammunition for them. We don't need to give them any more than they can think up on their own.
Take care,
Jim
One of the worst things that we can do as treasure hunters is to leave a beach or park littered with things that we exposed from being buried. I have seen this happen. It doesn't matter who first buried the trash. What matters is the impression we leave. If the general public sees us dig a can out of the ground and then throw it down in plain view, then they look at us as litterers.
It is a good thing that you do and I hope for the sake of the hobby that most of us do the same. Any excuse people can use to ban us from beaches and parks is ammunition for them. We don't need to give them any more than they can think up on their own.
Take care,
Jim
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I remove all the junk i dig up or see on the sand. I used to save all the smaller water trash in 5 gal. buckets for what reason i'll never know.
TooManyHobbies
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The cans are recyclable up here in CT, so that's at least another .15 in clad.
It's frozen up here, well now it's raining like crazy, but a couple days ago I walked around at the highschool, found .61 clad, and picked up a pocket full of small trash. I won't have to remove it later with my detector. It still amazes me that people drop their garbage like the world is their trashcan. Ever since the Indian on the side of the highway crying....I'm aging myself.
It's frozen up here, well now it's raining like crazy, but a couple days ago I walked around at the highschool, found .61 clad, and picked up a pocket full of small trash. I won't have to remove it later with my detector. It still amazes me that people drop their garbage like the world is their trashcan. Ever since the Indian on the side of the highway crying....I'm aging myself.
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Montauk3,
Good man! Haul that trash out. I also pick up trash even if there are no cans at the location to put it into. I believe that picking up trash, even if it's not ours is the single most important thing we can do to save our hobby.
I still see where people detecting have dug a hole, left the junk next to the hole and didn't even bother to fill the hole back in!! This is the height of laziness. Joe
Good man! Haul that trash out. I also pick up trash even if there are no cans at the location to put it into. I believe that picking up trash, even if it's not ours is the single most important thing we can do to save our hobby.
I still see where people detecting have dug a hole, left the junk next to the hole and didn't even bother to fill the hole back in!! This is the height of laziness. Joe
Charlie P. (NY)
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I keep a 5 gal. pail in my station wagon for the trash I pick up. Several times it has drawn favorable remarks from the park crew and public. It's just the right thing to do.
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HeyĀ Ralph That'sĀ pretty dangerousĀ stuff layingĀ onĀ the beachĀ forĀ toddlerĀ toĀ step into . IĀ haveĀ 15 month old babyĀ hateĀ haveĀ toĀ takeĀ him toĀ theĀ hospitalĀ forĀ stitchesĀ becauseĀ someĀ idiot forgotĀ whereĀ theĀ trash cansĀ wereĀ located. I see that crapĀ onĀ the beachĀ allĀ theĀ timeĀ itĀ just ticksĀ meĀ offĀ toĀ noĀ endĀ thatĀ people can beĀ thatĀ friggon stupid ... nice job picking thatĀ stuffĀ up,, you just saveĀ someoneĀ orĀ a little guy likeĀ mine aĀ trip toĀ hospital.. OutstandingĀ ,, Guzz1
vegasmtl
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Charlie P. (NY) said:
I do the same thing, have a bucket that it all goes into. I have a language barrier to deal with here, and showing a pocket full of trash to someone who is curious will stop alot of issues for me
We live on an island, and the trash just never leaves. They have mandatory recycling here, but it amazes me how much trash the locals will leave lying around. Some local folks here aren't happy with us Americans having such a presence on such a small island, but they sure seem to be screwing it up more than we are!
Also, I don't think anyone who doesn't do this will respond!
HH
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I keep what I dig up. But if I picked up everything in view on the beach
I would have to pull a dumpster behind me.
I would have to pull a dumpster behind me.
Captain Trips
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I can't tell you how much trash I've removed from our beaches -- it comes to much more than my "keepers."
I've discovered for myself why we have a law here that oak pallets are NOT allowed on the beach for bonfires. Nails. Rusty nails. I once pulled out a clump that must have weighed 2-3 pounds! One mother who saw me do so was *VERY* grateful for my civic-mindedness. Imagine if her young one stepped on that! (I know what that's like. As a kid, I once stepped on a rusty nail. I was lucky, my folks got me to the doctor right away for a tetanus shot. But imagine the tourists on our beaches!)
Keep up the good work -- more positive propaganda for our hobby!
I've discovered for myself why we have a law here that oak pallets are NOT allowed on the beach for bonfires. Nails. Rusty nails. I once pulled out a clump that must have weighed 2-3 pounds! One mother who saw me do so was *VERY* grateful for my civic-mindedness. Imagine if her young one stepped on that! (I know what that's like. As a kid, I once stepped on a rusty nail. I was lucky, my folks got me to the doctor right away for a tetanus shot. But imagine the tourists on our beaches!)
Keep up the good work -- more positive propaganda for our hobby!
Monty
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I tried to clean up a lakeside beach last fall, but it was so covered with beer cans broken glass and trash that I just couldn't do it alone. The lake was several feet below normal due to a drought last year and most of this stuff was normally out in the swimming area. I couldn't believe what nasty hogs some of our society is. Monty
