Hey Tom, in case you've forgotten...according to the FMDAC...
I WILL ALWAYS CHECK FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL LAWS BEFORE SEARCHING. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO “ KNOW THE LAW “
I WILL RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WILL NOT ENTER PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE OWNER’S PERMISSION. WHERE POSSIBLE, SUCH PERMISSION WILL BE IN WRITING.
I WILL TAKE CARE TO REFILL ALL HOLES AND TRY NOT TO LEAVE ANY DAMAGE.
I WILL REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF ANY AND ALL TRASH AND LITTER THAT I FIND.
I WILL APPRECIATE AND PROTECT OUR INHERITANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, WILDLIFE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I WILL AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE HOBBY, USE THOUGHTFULNESS, CONSIDERATION AND COURTESY AT ALL TIMES.
I WILL WORK TO HELP BRING UNITY TO OUR HOBBY BY WORKING WITH ANY ORGANIZATION OF ANY GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT MAY HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WILL LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO PEACEFULLY PURSUE THE HOBBY.
I WILL LEAVE GATES AS FOUND.
I WILL BUILD FIRES IN DESIGNATED OR SAFE PLACES ONLY.
I WILL REPORT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ENTER AND OR REMOVE ARTIFACTS FROM FEDERAL PARKS OR STATE PRESERVES.
SO. Since you're just up the road from me, and could give a fiddlers fart about the law, why don't you and me hit the Presidio sometime? I go there several times a week to pick up paperwork and drop off lunches, visit, and I've never seen any signs about detecting, why don't you have a go there? Excuse me if I'll wait in the car. Look, I can tell you're the "alpha male" type, but guys like you give detecting a bad name by simply assuming no sign, no worries, what the heck? Guys like you are the main reason areas get banned, aside from overzealous archaeologists and fretful mothers. As to your question about my experience, it was Nags Head, NC, a state park, was asked not to detect. Nobody has ever gotten their gear taken from them for illegal detecting?
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Metal Detecting In Maine. Understand How The Laws May Effect You.
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The list goes on and on and on. Look, like I said, if you want to break the law and try to play dumb, that's your business. However, what you Tom, and others like you, are giving the rest of us a bad name, and we do not approve. I've read some of your posts from earlier...ehh. You like guns? Sure, me too. However, I don't see a sign on the side of my street that says no waving guns in the air, but you do it, bye. Metal detecting is somewhat like target shooting, you have to know the law BEFORE you pull the trigger, or in my case the pinpoint. So like I said, Presidio?
