Has anyone else been harassed while they were metaling detecting?

[EastHavenCT-ACE350]

The other day I was out detecting a local ballfield/park I figured it would be a good place because its kind of secluded and basicly not used in the winter months, I was ther for about a half hour and an older gentleman came up to me and asked me how I was doing and if I found anything, I told him no not yet and we proceeded to talk for a good 20 mins about how he was a coin collector,His service at the park and just life in general, He wished me luck and was on his way, Shortly after a car with blacked out windows pulled in the parking lot and parked off in the corner I continued to swing my detector enjoying the day, About 15 mins later the car backs up and a kid probably 18-26? Started yelling out the window at me "Hey look its a penny" and started throwing change out the window..I shrugged it off as some moron and figured it was over, well he came back and parked up on the street and was yellling down at me for a few minutes until I decided I better get out of there because I didnt know what he was capable of, So I walked slowly to my car and packed everything up in my trunk and sat in the car with the heat on to warm up hoping he would leave because there was only one way out of the park and he was pretty close to it and I was affraid he was going to block it..He left shortly after I got in my car so I go out of there and made sure nobody was following me....Never would I thought that I would get harassed while enjoying a "new" Hobby ( I have only been detecting a little over a month) Have any of you guys had similar experiences?? Is there anyone out there in the state of Connecticut? If so have you had anything like this happen to you?

 

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[Trackerman]

Usually just bossy aholes that think they own the world .

 

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[Bum Luck]

Coinshooting up at local city park told 3x no digging period in grassy areas. Left and went to cityhall. They had no metal detecting laws in effect but did have exsisting against disturbing city landscaping. I moved on to other sites...

Well, that's an interpretation. You could try to end up in court, being nice about it, and try to convince the judge that the cop's interpretation is incorrect. I'd start at my city councilman though; they made the law/ordinance. Ask him, demonstrate what you do if he will listen. The PD works for city government, and carry out its policies.