Example of how to get detecting banned.

[Jeremy S]

My mom has a friend who metal detects. Well, she just succeed in getting everyone banned at the local fairgrounds. I hunted the heck out of that place last year and never had a problem, and even found my first silver quarter there. The grounds keeper was friendly and just told me not to make a mess. I stopped hunting the property because it had been hunted out pretty hard by me (and many others before me), and the finds were getting few and far in between.

My mom's friend was hassled by the grounds keeper (who is a member of the fair board) about the giant holes that she was digging (these are the only details I know). The friend then proceeded to call the president of the fair board and raised a fuss, asking him for permission to hunt the property after being run off the the grounds keeper. That escalated into a topic being brought up at a fair board meeting, which turned into a new rule of no detecting on fairgrounds property.

So her improper digging techniques, then raising a fuss because she was "unjustly" ran off for making a mess, and then going on a quest to hassle everyone connected to the place for permission has ruined it for everyone else. I just received a friend request from the woman on Facebook, I presume for the purpose of nosing around and trying to find my hunting spots. Good luck with that!

Lately I have been seeing more and more sloppy digging in my area. At a little baseball park by my old house, I came across giant plugs half-assidly thrown back into the hole, with the junk piece of metal laying on the ground next to it. I hunted this park for well over a year and you could see no sign of my digging, but this person dug around a dozen holes like this. At my favorite 'big' park last week I found the same thing, at least they tossed the trash back into the hole instead of right next to it This park does not allow digging but with being a newer park, most objects are less than a couple inches down so I use a probe and a screwdriver to pop everything out. I saw one plug that must have been a foot in diameter, and several others that weren't placed back into the holes. When I ran my detector over these sloppy plugs, the trash metal ended up being still in the hole. Its just a matter of time until these same idiots get detecting banned at other parks.

In both of the above cases, I had to spend my detecting time going behind someone else and cleaning up their messes. Has the hobby always been like this, with people being careless about digging and getting detecting banned? Or is this just a new trend that is putting this hobby into a downhill spiral?


End of my ranting! On a happier note, I was able to find an return my first two rings to their owners today

 

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[Peyton Manning]

sounds like a dark night, a solid coil to back of head is in order.. ( wear a mask)

 

[dholland02]

U have these wonderful detecting shows to thank. You get morons out there go and by a cheapo detector thinking there gonna get rich and dnt have a clue or care what there doin.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Can your mom have a little talk with her friend and tell her she is ruining the sport for others by being so careless? Congrats on your ring finds.

 

[watercolor]

Open holes with trash left right next to them from ONE person is what got over 68,000-acres of
Forest Preserve District lands in Cook County, IL banned. . . I feel for you.

 

[Fletch88]

U have these wonderful detecting shows to thank. You get morons out there go and by a cheapo detector thinking there gonna get rich and dnt have a clue or care what there doin.

You can say that again! That'll get it band quickly everywhere! I try to leave area cleaner than when I got there. With no sign whatsoever there's been anything removed from the ground. I know most manufactures address recovery techniques in videos/ manuals if people take the time to watch and read these.

 

[jackc]

Then there are some people who are just rude.... And have some inflated sense of entitlement

 

[Fletch88]

Then there are some people who are just rude.... And have some inflated sense of entitlement

Yes you're right like the member that said "how dare they tell me I can't dig on that beach in a federally protected park! It's my right!" Lol.

 

[Digger2]

Then there are some people who are just rude.... And have some inflated sense of entitlement

And they breed and make more rude people!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Open holes with trash left right next to them from ONE person is what got over 68,000-acres of
Forest Preserve District lands in Cook County, IL banned. . . I feel for you.

watercolor, where did you hear this information? Because thus far, I have not seen or read any place, what the origination (genesis) of the reason for the Cook County thing is. I mean, sure, Cook county might SAY "... due to holes ...." (when you ask them "why?"), but ....... was there REALLY a case of a county official traipsing through the forest one day, seeing a hole, and saying "we ought to have a no detecting rule" ? Because a lot of times, when you hear some official cite "holes" (when they're making up a rule), it's often just the "go-to" answer, simply because it's their mental image of detecting (when someone asked "can I metal detect in the forest?"), NOT because they ever actually saw a hole.

So please tell us where you heard this information. I am very curious. Thanx.

 

[mical66]

a few months ago i had a property owner who had allowed my son and i to MD there rental property , we made 3 short trips ( as long as my sons attention span would allow ) found some clad and a 1915 token and a 1914 printing plate from the local news paper , but only covered a small part of the yard.
I see the land owner the day after the 3rd dig and he stops me and is very angry , tells me i made a mess of his yard with all the holes and plugs lieing all over the place, i assure him i always make sure the dirt and plugs make it back in the hole and even tamp them to make sure they are flush with the ground , and i ask him if he thinks the Groundhogs are pulling them up but he didnt believe it. needless to say i was told not to bother MD there again .
we still see each other every few days and i am always polite, so then he stops me last week and says guess what ?? i forgot to tell you that i put them plugs back in 3 times before i caught the groundhogs digging them back up...0.o...
so i was right and was banned because of a giant rodent !!!
i know this has nothing to do with someone getting me banned , but thought it was cute any way..

 

[Fletch88]

a few months ago i had a property owner who had allowed my son and i to MD there rental property , we made 3 short trips ( as long as my sons attention span would allow ) found some clad and a 1915 token and a 1914 printing plate from the local news paper , but only covered a small part of the yard.
I see the land owner the day after the 3rd dig and he stops me and is very angry , tells me i made a mess of his yard with all the holes and plugs lieing all over the place, i assure him i always make sure the dirt and plugs make it back in the hole and even tamp them to make sure they are flush with the ground , and i ask him if he thinks the Groundhogs are pulling them up but he didnt believe it. needless to say i was told not to bother MD there again .
we still see each other every few days and i am always polite, so then he stops me last week and says guess what ?? i forgot to tell you that i put them plugs back in 3 times before i caught the groundhogs digging them back up...0.o...
so i was right and was banned because of a giant rodent !!!
i know this has nothing to do with someone getting me banned , but thought it was cute any way..

You could call Bill Murray from Caddyshack! Lol only problem is he uses dynamite!

 

[damiani1]

Just a coincidence I sold my garrett ace 250 and I see a guy on a beach who is detecting and throwing the trash back into the sands and burying it... So dumb whats the point if your are going to be hunting the beach and digging up stuff you just found...