Murph
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Would you still be out detecting as much as you do now?
I doubt that I would have re entered the hobby if it were not all the beaches I have to hunt. The areas are public pure and simple. In my area seeing someone with a metal detector on the beach is a somewhat common sight and usually does not garner a second look. It is also a prodomently retirement community and the older crowd seems to be much more receptive to the hobby. There is a far better chance of finds being replenished. Digging is not destructive in the least.
Which brings me to the opening of the proverbial can of worms. Lets face it; when it comes to sports fields, parks, tot lots, picnic areas most people just don't want them being dug up and I can see there point. First off it is likely that someone is trying to maintain these grounds. When they see someone digging plugs all over the place all that enters there mind is that it is doing damage to there hard work.
I realize that there are methods to minimize damage but when it comes right down to it a holes a hole. They constitute a soft patch at the vary least which can spell big time trouble for people using the areas for sports activities. I am quite familiar with attempts at repairing damaged ground from my golfing days (divots). Most casual golfer allow the use of the "foot wedge" when there ball lands on one of these no matter how well it had been repaired. It just ain't the same as hitting off undisturbed ground.
Because of all of that I have pretty much limited my detecting activities to the beaches or on the rare occasion when I am granted permission to hunt private property I will. The conspicuous feeling I get when digging in other areas and chance that I am upsetting others who use the areas for other activities just is not worth it IMO. Sport fields in particular. The odds of finding something of value are pretty decent but the odds of finding a confrontation from ground maintenance and various team members is even higher.
I always thought golf courses would be a great site to hunt. Combine a sports activity with alcohol anger and rich folk who wear there valuables to show off while playing, in my mind equals prime hunting grounds. How do you think digging plugs all over a golf course would go over? Like a fart in church that's how. On the other hand a newly closed for business golf course would be a great place to go to the trouble of asking/begging permission to hunt.
I doubt that I would have re entered the hobby if it were not all the beaches I have to hunt. The areas are public pure and simple. In my area seeing someone with a metal detector on the beach is a somewhat common sight and usually does not garner a second look. It is also a prodomently retirement community and the older crowd seems to be much more receptive to the hobby. There is a far better chance of finds being replenished. Digging is not destructive in the least.
Which brings me to the opening of the proverbial can of worms. Lets face it; when it comes to sports fields, parks, tot lots, picnic areas most people just don't want them being dug up and I can see there point. First off it is likely that someone is trying to maintain these grounds. When they see someone digging plugs all over the place all that enters there mind is that it is doing damage to there hard work.
I realize that there are methods to minimize damage but when it comes right down to it a holes a hole. They constitute a soft patch at the vary least which can spell big time trouble for people using the areas for sports activities. I am quite familiar with attempts at repairing damaged ground from my golfing days (divots). Most casual golfer allow the use of the "foot wedge" when there ball lands on one of these no matter how well it had been repaired. It just ain't the same as hitting off undisturbed ground.
Because of all of that I have pretty much limited my detecting activities to the beaches or on the rare occasion when I am granted permission to hunt private property I will. The conspicuous feeling I get when digging in other areas and chance that I am upsetting others who use the areas for other activities just is not worth it IMO. Sport fields in particular. The odds of finding something of value are pretty decent but the odds of finding a confrontation from ground maintenance and various team members is even higher.
I always thought golf courses would be a great site to hunt. Combine a sports activity with alcohol anger and rich folk who wear there valuables to show off while playing, in my mind equals prime hunting grounds. How do you think digging plugs all over a golf course would go over? Like a fart in church that's how. On the other hand a newly closed for business golf course would be a great place to go to the trouble of asking/begging permission to hunt.
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They probably would be far better off if people were just out there metal detecting. I have seen well over a thousand dollars a year worth of damage done to some homes on these golf courses and forget about having any kind of pool screen. Roof tiles? Save all your left over after the job is done, you will need them to make repairs.
