I found this today

[imafishingnutt]

this could spread state by state and may have already passed,
they are trying to make it ileagal for people to detect and treasure hunt for artifact on any land including your own
spread the word and pass this around.

http://www.petitiononline.com/ORBill64/petition.html

 

[ivan salis]

a stupid law -- your land is your land --

 

[Evolution]

Nobody will ever be able to tell me what I can and can't do on my land.....ever. However, I agree that this situation is troubling and we should keep an eye on it. Thanks for the info!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

This bill is from 2005, never passed, and is dead.

73rd Oregon Legislation 2005 Oregon Senate Bill 64

http://www.fmdac.org
http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measures/sb0001.dir/sb0064.a.html

This is a bill that passed the Oregon Senate in 2005. It was headed for
the house this year but never made it. It died. It no longer exists.