Appalachian Trail

[Bruce R]

Anyone ever detect there ? Just wondering.

 

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[DeepseekerADS]

Good question! Thanks for bringing the subject up.

I wonder if the trail is considered federal land - which may very well forbid it.

 

[aa battery]

dont know but if you hear a banjo RUN!!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

dont know but if you hear a banjo RUN!!

Isn't that only in Georgia?

 

[aa battery]

Isn't that only in Georgia?

iam in California dont know

 

[Chadeaux]

Isn't that only in Georgia?

So ... I see you've not been to my neck of the woods here in Arkansas. We got places they got to pump the sunshine in.

Even got our own game ... Redneck Rampage.

one of the newspapers .... Hickston Hog from November 2011

 

[victhedog]

Anyone ever detect there ? Just wondering.

Away thought about that question up here in northeast could be a lot of history

 

[nh.nugget]

We have a section of it here in NH. only you need to be a mountain goat to hike it !!

 

[can]

i believe most is on fed land. Some of it runs through national parks, state parks, but most is on fed land

 

[jeff of pa]

though there are many Camping sites with Litter & Lost item,I agree with those
who would be careful because it is designated as a National Scenic Trail.

you may have heard recently about the board with spikes recently set up on the trail
in an attempt to injure hikers.
thinks like this may work for or against you if caught.

now the trail winds through many areas where detecting is allowed.
but the trail itself

The Appalachian Trail is a 2,180+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers. https://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm

 

[austin]

Managed by the National Park ServiceU.S. Forest Service and others. Give them a call...

 

[cw0909]

Anyone ever detect there ? Just wondering.

no never Md hiked, this seems way over the top to me
a three state chase in 2008



http://www.atcmarpc.org/2008/mar2008/ATPO Update March 2008.pdf

 

[can]

though there are many Camping sites with Litter & Lost item,I agree with those
who would be careful because it is designated as a National Scenic Trail.

you may have heard recently about the board with spikes recently set up on the trail
in an attempt to injure hikers.
thinks like this may work for or against you if caught.

now the trail winds through many areas where detecting is allowed.
but the trail itself

The Appalachian Trail is a 2,180+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers. https://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm

No I have not heard anything like this on the AT. Where did this acure?

 

[jeff of pa]

actually I could have Sworn Harrisburg's channels said Appalachian Trail .
Still checking if I was wrong:

[h=1]Pennsylvania officials warn of 'spikes' on game lands trail[/h]



May 10, 2016












BOILING SPRINGS, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is warning hunters, hikers and others to be careful after officials found a "spike strip" on a state game lands trail in south-central Pennsylvania.
The commission says someone put a piece of wood with several large screws protruding from it on the trail in state game lands 305 in South Middleton Township. That's in Cumberland County, about 20 miles southwest of Harrisburg.
Game officials say it appears the strip was placed there intentionally and hidden, apparently so it would puncture the tires — or the feet — of any hunters, hikers or birdwatchers walking or riding along the trail.
Game officers are trying to determine who put the strip on the trail and plan to prosecute whoever they find.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-officials-warn-spikes-game-lands-trail-154003374.html

 

[jeff of pa]

Someone Has Booby Trapped Pennsylvania?s Deer Woods | Sporting Classics Daily

 

[Bruce R]

I read what the DCNR had to say about it and it kind of boiled down to the officials at any State parks it passes through. So, I emailed a few other State parks that were no where near the AT and they said " come on down! " just be sure to fill in your holes.

 

[Bruce R]

I emailed the AT, asked if detecting was allowed, the trail information specialist didn't know, never been asked before. Will get back to me on it.

 

[jeff of pa]

I can pretty much Guarantee "I don't know" or "there is nothing in the books"
will translate to "no".
it's easier then it depends on what/who's land it is going through.

and if they contact their lawyer,
the first thing that will pop in his or her head, hole, injury, liability lawsuit.

 

[Bruce R]

You're right Jeff, they said " Metal detecting is not conductive to the conservation of the AP

 

[can]

Yea but, you got 3000 hikers or more on the trail digging holes everyday making deposits. So they really should not mind a few md digging a few.