Anyone Metal Detecting Lake Meade ? ? ? is it even allowed ? ? ?

[ARC]

National parks are instated because an area has been deemed "valuable" in one way or another.

But just like anything you don't take care of and just left to rot... Ignore it... it goes away.

This in MY definition is NOT protection.

Protection of something of value requires maintenance... in any way shape or form possible AND AS SOON as possible.

Not "when we get around to it". heh

 

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[ARC]

AND they could get it for free from people like us... NOT FROM TAX DOLLAR PAID people with little to no desire... and in no rush.

No brainer. :/

 

[jeff of pa]

if as a reservoir it would be stirred up during digging
they may have had a point.
now would be the best time to clean it up some.
I think the Article said Detectors Are seen there but it is Illegal.
I seen one vid awhile back Where a Guy was Eyeballing Finds, and I Think he said he was taking some Home.
In spite of the Warnings I am not 100% sure the rules are Being Strictly enforced at this time.
Sadly it may be , If you ask "no you can't".
If you just do , Yes you can, unless you get a Irate greedy Cop,
and your unlucky enough to get a $10,000 Fine and Loss of a $3,000 Detector

 

[ARC]

No better time than current / NOW to start cleaning and maintenance... logging any and all finds and locations etc.

 

[bc5391]

it is a national park, so as in any national park "No metal detecting" your metal detector and vehicle can be confiscated. Same as a game preserve. Which I do not understand on a game preserve, hunting animals is allowed but metal detecting or removing anything is prohibited , this was confirmed when I asked a game warden.
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[SD51]

So were the people that own all the boats that sank there fined for polluting the lake?

 

[ARC]

So were the people that own all the boats that sank there fined for polluting the lake?

I dont know... but they should be required to pay for the removal... IF they can track down owners.

This is often hard with sunken craft

 

[jeff of pa]

here if you Find a Boat, You need to Contact the Fish Commission with a Registration Number . They will
Send a Letter. If no response within an appropriate time , The boat can be Taken. for that reason I don't think boats are considered litter

 

[Relicgrubber]

The way I see it, we pay (Tax Payers) for the purchase and upkeep of Federal lands. Therefore I do not recognize the laws that are in place to “not do certain things”.


Privately held lands are a different story, I obey their rights to govern their own lands...

 

[crashbandicoot]

it is a national park, so as in any national park "No metal detecting" your metal detector and vehicle can be confiscated. Same as a game preserve. Which I do not understand on a game preserve, hunting animals is allowed but metal detecting or removing anything is prohibited , this was confirmed when I asked a game warden.
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In Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas you can,t remove so much as an acorn.Only legally taken fish and game.

 

[bc5391]

In Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas you can,t remove so much as an acorn.Only legally taken fish and game.

Yes and I do not understand that, take the animals and fish, but leave the plants, trash and precious metals, here the management areas are preserves , isn't a preserve something you keep, unless its a jam or jelly. very confusing

 

[bc5391]

The way I see it, we pay (Tax Payers) for the purchase and upkeep of Federal lands. Therefore I do not recognize the laws that are in place to “not do certain things”.


Privately held lands are a different story, I obey their rights to govern their own lands...

problem is if you do not obey the rules they put in place, you are the only one who will loose.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Yes and I do not understand that, take the animals and fish, but leave the plants, trash and precious metals, here the management areas are preserves , isn't a preserve something you keep, unless its a jam or jelly. very confusing

I never understood it either.These places are all woods and relatively hard to access,don,t see the problem with digging a few small holes you,re going to refill anyhow.Ahhh, the bureaucratic mind,ya gotta love it!

 

[mdc002]

Simple it's a national park. No.

It's not a National Park, it is a National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service.

 

[crashbandicoot]

It's not a National Park, it is a National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service.

A distinction without a difference for the purposes of this discussion.