Digging Holes

[rodbuster]

I just had to complain about this, If there is one thing that bothers me it's seeing a person out detecting, retrieving there targets using a relic shovel and digging a hole the size of a hubcap. Case in point,Nov. 22 this year I was at Washington park, Chicago Il. I was detecting with two other club members when three other guys came out to detect, great. We said hello and went about are business. I watched these guys dig holes with there relic shovels that you could lose a small child in just to find a coin that was in the plug. The plug was replaced, but it sure looked nasty. If you are in the woods looking for relics, thats a differant story, but in a park. I feel it's everyones job that detects to be as responsible as you can in the field, to leave it better than you found it. Once a place is put off limits, it's really hard to change peoples minds. I have been detecting for over 30 years and would be very angry to see a place off limits because of someones lack of responsibilty. I dig coins at 8"+ and when I'm done it doen't look like a bomb crater. Tomorrow I am going to hunt in the woods and I will use the same care retrieving my finds as I do in a park. Thanks

 

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[fisher2]

the size of the shovel doesnt matter i for one use a small shovel to dig hubcap size holes as i find it easyer to replace the pulg and its less likely to crumble for me it might be the dirt around here buy i cannot use a trowel efficiantly for some reason but it doesnt look bad when i get done

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

I for one don't have a problem going over and telling them to be neater! I have gone over and made it very clear that I was fixing there hole's. They get the idea!We have so few area's to hunt any more that it's up to all of us to stand up and say something!