Re-Burying Trash

[Goodyguy]

DO NOT re-bury trash period! That is very inconsiderate to other md'ers. Think about all the trash targets you dig, and how you would feel if you knew that they had been re-buried by an inconsiderate beginner. I say beginner because an experienced or expert md'er knows better. Actually even a beginner with any common sense at all would know better.

Sheesh cmon THINK! Duh

GG~

 

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[Escape]

In my mind any trash I touch or that finds its way into my scoop is mine which makes me responsible for it. If I dig a plug and see a piece of trash, technically by my rule I am not required to take it if I haven't touched it. But I always take it anyway. Exceptions to the rule: 1) I always pick up any broken glass or sharp things I see on the beach. 2) I don't pick up half empty packs of ketchup. Those get a kick of sand. 3) I don't pick up whole crushed cans. Those get a shallow grave. Food for the beach sweeper. I have my limits.

 

[Toecutter]

crushed cans make great frisbees....

 

[Honest Samuel]

We be better off if lazy people don't leave trash behind.

 

[Idahodutch]

We be better off if lazy people don't leave trash behind.

You'd think it was the age of disposable products or something.

 

[MKW]

I just started this hobby this month and I have taken every piece of trash that I have found and disposed of it properly. To me, it's just common decency.

 

[dts52]

crushed cans make great frisbees....

They also made stand-in hockey pucks when we were kids and couldn’t afford the real ones.
dts

 

[CASPER-2]

Ive been in hobby since 1975 age 12 - so i have alot i could say on this topic
The one thing I will say here and now is that politicians up here have proposed to do away
with detecting at most public spots and most of our beaches
- most of the pictures here
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/members/29748-albums4911.html
were printed and brought before them by lawyers and/or representatives of our hobby to fight legislation proposed
This is just a small sample of trash found by me...these pics are not from full years but of single
hunts and short trips. These pics and a handful of ones showing returns and other good deeds
done with my machines help put a stop (for now) of any actions being taken right now by them
This helps fight the negativity sometimes shown from detectorists - I have sent these pics to others to help them
in their state and or towns also and as far as ive been told has worked for them also - for now
it takes the same effort to drop it in a pouch as it does to drop on ground or back in hole
also in this day in age where every one is filming every bad action with a phone - do you really
want to be seen one day reburying trash or caught not burying your holes on tv or online?

 

[CASPER-2]

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[Jon Stewart]

I dig it I take it with me. Even out on the desert where I find 50 or more military stripper clips (old military guys know what they are) in a day. They come with me and I toss them.

 

[Escape]

CASPER,"This helps fight the negativity sometimes shown from detectorists". I AGREE.

Public opinion could be completely turned around if more people did what I do. I give all the clad to charity annually. Im just returning it to the public. The bikers turned around their image because of the charity runs.

I actually put in a number of years creating a national association for that purpose. I put it on the side, But its still valid. Maybe I will share it in its own thread.

 

[Megalodon]

Agreed. I have told many people (non - MDrs) who ask about it, that my personal rule is - “I dig it, I drag it.” Many times I’ve had to walk back to the vehicle because my finds pouches are full of trash (never full of good stuff)
Naturally, this rule may be modified depending on where I’m hunting. If I’m in the middle of the woods and discover one end of a wagon axle, I’m not going to drag it out. Recently I’ve been hunting the shoreline of a man made lake which has been lowered. I’ve spent the majority of my time rolling up yards and yards of monofilament line. While it obviously cut into my hunting time, on several different occasions passerbys thanked me for making the effort. Hopefully they’ll remember that and help to counter the negative image some people have of MDing.

I think we all know that it only takes one to spoil it for the rest.
HH
dts

Monofilament line is also dangerous to wildlife; I remove it all.

 

[Davidson]

Students bury various pieces of trash in a plotted area of land outside. ... how many spots on the grid are available to bury the individual item.