against the wind
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Somebody at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation must be laughing their A$$ off. I don't know if it is an actual attempt to be deceptive or maybe the people who work for NYCP&R are just plain ignorant.
It was met with great applause and excitement when the new list of permissible parks where we can metal detect was announced in January of 2016. I must admit I was really happy to see the number of new parks increase from 35 parks in 2015 to 162 parks in 2016. I was thinking, "The new Parks Commissioner may have put the word out to his borough commissioners to Stop Discriminating against the passive hobby of metal detecting. With so many new parks on the list, it seemed to me that we were finally making headway into being treated like everyone else who uses the parks for recreation.
All that glitters is not Gold. That became evident to me as I started to investigate the new additions on line prior to physically visiting the site. Most of the parks that are listed as "Playgrounds," consist of benches, a few trees to provide shade, playground equipment, no lawns, and mostly paved or concrete walkways. These so called "Neighborhood Parks" are usually less than an acre, and provide very little, if any legitimate search areas. There are probably 30 to 40 of these "Community Concrete Islands," (Parks), on our new list. I also uncovered parks that are listed twice, under different names of course.
I definitely feel as though these misleading additions to our Metal Detector List are a deliberate attempt by some people in the NYCP&R administration to perhaps deceive the Borough Commissioners, The Metal Detecting Community, or perhaps both.
I really can't understand why some people who work for a government agency seem to have a need to attempt to deceive the public that they are employed to serve.
Numerous new additions to the list of parks that are now open to metal detecting are parks that have areas that are designated as "Forever Wild"
These are inaccessible acres of land that are separated from the park goer by chain link fences and signs. I visited such a park on Wednesday. I was disappointed to say the least. Pugsley Creek Park, according to the NYCP & R website is listed as an 83.6 acre park. Because of the
"Forever Wild" fences and paved areas, you may be able to access 15 acres. Most it that 15 acres is obviously where the city decided to move some dirt and fill around to cover the trash that was dumped there over years of neglect. This park received a facelift back in the 90's as well as upgrades. This is when the fill and trash cover occurred. That was pretty obvious to me when I started to date the types of beer cans and nips that I dug. I wonder how much was paid for a revitalization of a park, that was simply made to appear aesthetically appealing.
There are numerous other problems that have been uncovered during my 2016 visits to new parks on the list. Some are evidence of ongoing illegal activities and others are just plain neglect. I guess I'm going to have to ask "The Task Force for Metal Detecting Rights Foundation" to review and confirm my observations and perhaps ask The New York City Parks Department for an explanation.
Here are the results of a 3 hour hunt in areas that were loaded with trash, as well as a few pictures of Pugsley Creek Park.
It was met with great applause and excitement when the new list of permissible parks where we can metal detect was announced in January of 2016. I must admit I was really happy to see the number of new parks increase from 35 parks in 2015 to 162 parks in 2016. I was thinking, "The new Parks Commissioner may have put the word out to his borough commissioners to Stop Discriminating against the passive hobby of metal detecting. With so many new parks on the list, it seemed to me that we were finally making headway into being treated like everyone else who uses the parks for recreation.
All that glitters is not Gold. That became evident to me as I started to investigate the new additions on line prior to physically visiting the site. Most of the parks that are listed as "Playgrounds," consist of benches, a few trees to provide shade, playground equipment, no lawns, and mostly paved or concrete walkways. These so called "Neighborhood Parks" are usually less than an acre, and provide very little, if any legitimate search areas. There are probably 30 to 40 of these "Community Concrete Islands," (Parks), on our new list. I also uncovered parks that are listed twice, under different names of course.
I definitely feel as though these misleading additions to our Metal Detector List are a deliberate attempt by some people in the NYCP&R administration to perhaps deceive the Borough Commissioners, The Metal Detecting Community, or perhaps both.
I really can't understand why some people who work for a government agency seem to have a need to attempt to deceive the public that they are employed to serve.
Numerous new additions to the list of parks that are now open to metal detecting are parks that have areas that are designated as "Forever Wild"
These are inaccessible acres of land that are separated from the park goer by chain link fences and signs. I visited such a park on Wednesday. I was disappointed to say the least. Pugsley Creek Park, according to the NYCP & R website is listed as an 83.6 acre park. Because of the
"Forever Wild" fences and paved areas, you may be able to access 15 acres. Most it that 15 acres is obviously where the city decided to move some dirt and fill around to cover the trash that was dumped there over years of neglect. This park received a facelift back in the 90's as well as upgrades. This is when the fill and trash cover occurred. That was pretty obvious to me when I started to date the types of beer cans and nips that I dug. I wonder how much was paid for a revitalization of a park, that was simply made to appear aesthetically appealing.
There are numerous other problems that have been uncovered during my 2016 visits to new parks on the list. Some are evidence of ongoing illegal activities and others are just plain neglect. I guess I'm going to have to ask "The Task Force for Metal Detecting Rights Foundation" to review and confirm my observations and perhaps ask The New York City Parks Department for an explanation.
Here are the results of a 3 hour hunt in areas that were loaded with trash, as well as a few pictures of Pugsley Creek Park.
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It's why this "voice in the wilderness" has been saying that we, as a whole, had BETTER be thinking about organized response to what's coming.IMO of course.
