playdan1
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- May 18, 2011
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- Sandown, NH
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- Garrett Ace 250
I apologize for venting about this here, but i'm sure some of you have come across a situation like this before and I am curious what y"our opinions are.
I was detecting my favorite ball fields/park/soccer fields/tot lot combo area in one of the baseball field sections this past weekend when a man and what I assumed was his son showed up to hit/catch some balls. Being that it was a baseball field and i was just detecting, i yielded the field to the two of them. As I was walking off he said to me, "you better hope the cops don't catch you doing that". I looked at him and light-heartedly said, "oh, it's ok. The cops are fine. They know about it." and continued walking to the parking area which was dirt/rock that I continued to detect.
A little bit later, the two were leaving and the guy was driving, but he drove really slow, practically just creeping along and was videotaping me, leaning over the kid in the front to make sure he got me digging less than 2" in the dirt lot. He made sure to get my license plate number on video too. Really?? I mean, come on!! I'm sure he took it to the police station to show it. I've made sure for the most part that the fields are legal to hunt on.
I'm in New Hampshire. Anywhere is legal unless otherwise posted, which I have come across at some parks unfortunately, or unless it's private property or you get permission from a state park caretaker. It's not a state park. It's a town park. The only rules listed are the hours it is open and some 'slow down' signs. I've never been bothered there before, but he looked like an off-duty cop. In NH, it is illegal for him to videotape someone without announcing it first so for that one reason alone, I doubt he's a cop. Even if he was, and he called an on-duty buddy of his, I carry a copy of the state RSA statute that states it's legal, just in case.
So, I guess my question is, has anyone here had an issue like this before and what happened? I don't want this guy to go to a town meeting to propose a change to the local law forbidding detecting on town areas. I don't live in that town to educate/debate the issue at their meetings. And besides, that park has been my only 'hotspot' so far!!
I was detecting my favorite ball fields/park/soccer fields/tot lot combo area in one of the baseball field sections this past weekend when a man and what I assumed was his son showed up to hit/catch some balls. Being that it was a baseball field and i was just detecting, i yielded the field to the two of them. As I was walking off he said to me, "you better hope the cops don't catch you doing that". I looked at him and light-heartedly said, "oh, it's ok. The cops are fine. They know about it." and continued walking to the parking area which was dirt/rock that I continued to detect.
A little bit later, the two were leaving and the guy was driving, but he drove really slow, practically just creeping along and was videotaping me, leaning over the kid in the front to make sure he got me digging less than 2" in the dirt lot. He made sure to get my license plate number on video too. Really?? I mean, come on!! I'm sure he took it to the police station to show it. I've made sure for the most part that the fields are legal to hunt on.
I'm in New Hampshire. Anywhere is legal unless otherwise posted, which I have come across at some parks unfortunately, or unless it's private property or you get permission from a state park caretaker. It's not a state park. It's a town park. The only rules listed are the hours it is open and some 'slow down' signs. I've never been bothered there before, but he looked like an off-duty cop. In NH, it is illegal for him to videotape someone without announcing it first so for that one reason alone, I doubt he's a cop. Even if he was, and he called an on-duty buddy of his, I carry a copy of the state RSA statute that states it's legal, just in case.
So, I guess my question is, has anyone here had an issue like this before and what happened? I don't want this guy to go to a town meeting to propose a change to the local law forbidding detecting on town areas. I don't live in that town to educate/debate the issue at their meetings. And besides, that park has been my only 'hotspot' so far!!
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We even had one guy who asked what was in my bucket, I told him trash, he asked why? and Chug said cause of other people leaving their garbage behind, he asked what do we do with what we find, chug said we keep it, put in an add and if no one claims it, we keep it! He said it wasn't right, and went to find someone to complain to, all they did was wave at us!!! 
Don't let them get to you, all they want to do is ruin your fun, and they are not happy til everyone around them is unhappy!!!! Red
Thanks and HH!
