Cook County bans Metal Detecting

dhearn · Feb 9, 2013

Everyone need to contact Cook county and let them know how you feel about this Law. Go to their web page and contact them. I was wondering why Treasure Fiend had now posted any vids on youtube lately. This is the reason.

Wyomingmedic · Feb 9, 2013

Which Cook county? Seems there are a number of them.

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dhearn · Feb 9, 2013

Cook County Blog.... This is the link.

G.I.B. · Feb 9, 2013

I went to the link, didn't see anything about metal detecting. If I wasn't already spayed, I could get a good deal on that...

gerryk · Feb 9, 2013

Cook county illinois. The ban happened last april. No detecting allowed and even posessing a detector is a ticketable offense. Thats why it is called crook county. We have some beautiful forest preserves here butcant metal detect in them.

Talon · Feb 9, 2013

Are beaches still fair game?

Wyomingmedic · Feb 9, 2013

Illinois is very good at banning things. So much so that when I drive across the country, I actually avoid Illinois so as to not pay any fuel tax, nor will I do any business with an Illinois based business (barring my employer

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63bkpkr · Feb 9, 2013

Sorry man I went there found nothing about banning metal detecting though from all the other bans, taxes, excessive repressive laws being passed or suggested I could see them banning detecting and then starting a licensing program for detectorists as well as taxing the finds. They are all about getting all they can from 'the people'. Gee, glad I do not live there!
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Archeillogical · Feb 9, 2013

I'm sure a quick call to Mayor Rahm will sort that out right away...NOT!! Everything about Chicago seem to filter down to the rest of us in this oppressive State. Here in Shelby County, IL we can't even hunt the beach on Lake Shelbyville because the US Corps forbids it. I tried to get a permit since the feds had one on their site for other federal lakes, but NOOOO not here in IL.

Maybe they think we are concealing weapons in our detector heads. God forbid that the other 49 states night be right. I vote to give Chicago to Wisconsin :skullflag:

gerryk · Feb 9, 2013

Chicago is a city in cook county. Chicago and all of cook county was originally suppose to be in Wisconsin but it went to illinois.

Army Corps managed land is probably off limits all over the country where it could be a poasible terrorist target. Some state parks in illinois allow detecting but only certain parks and then only certain places in those parks and only with a free permit. Some of those open parks are open year arond oers have closed seasons.

gerryk · Feb 9, 2013

Archeillogical said:
I'm sure a quick call to Mayor Rahm will sort that out right away...NOT!! Everything about Chicago seem to filter down to the rest of us in this oppressive State. Here in Shelby County, IL we can't even hunt the beach on Lake Shelbyville because the US Corps forbids it. I tried to get a permit since the feds had one on their site for other federal lakes, but NOOOO not here in IL.

Maybe they think we are concealing weapons in our detector heads. God forbid that the other 49 states night be right. I vote to give Chicago to Wisconsin

I forgot to ask, what about down by Effingham? Are there any bans down there you know of?

dhearn · Feb 9, 2013

.... this is the link with Treasure Fiend talking about the ban...

thrillathahunt · Feb 9, 2013

Chicago? Figures.

Semag93 · Feb 9, 2013

Make some special shoes that has the coil incorported in them and hide the main unit in a backpack and head phones for "listening to music" wink wink

You can say:
I'm just walking out picking up garbage and things

gerryk · Feb 9, 2013

Our forest preserves are full of pimps, hookers, johns, prostitutes, junkies, alcoholics, perverts, people having sex shooting up drugs poaching and they send the forest preserve cops out to target and ticket metal detectorists.

G.A.P.metal · Feb 9, 2013

gerryk said:
Our forest preserves are full of pimps, hookers, johns, prostitutes, junkies, alcoholics, perverts, people having sex shooting up drugs poaching and they send the forest preserve cops out to target and ticket metal detectorists.

Sounds more like Congress

gerryk · Feb 9, 2013

I didnt say the members of congress were in our forest preserves just people like them on the county board and in the forest preserves.

Pulltab Parson · Feb 9, 2013

just one more reason why I left California 9 years ago and why I will never live in Ill. First they take the guns, then they take the detectors. . . . (I probably better quit while I'm ahead, I don't want to get in trouble for flyin off the handle)

watercolor · Feb 9, 2013

gerryk said:
Our forest preserves are full of pimps, hookers, johns, prostitutes, junkies, alcoholics, perverts, people having sex shooting up drugs poaching and they send the forest preserve cops out to target and ticket metal detectorists.

All the Cook County Forest Preserve officers I've spoken with (before the detecting ban) have ALWAYS appreciated our presence while we were out detecting in the woods. It made their job easier because our presence was a deterrent to all of the above.

Plus, we also pulled out a LOT of trash.