SC_Hunter...
What an honest, upright and forthwith person.
Pillar of the community, protector of the helpless and innocent.
Really great!
I was told by George W Bush that government funds were to be used to bail out bankers who had made poor investments. Furthermore, I was told I would be taxed to generate that money.
The People didn't like W so much.
They got a new guy.
The new president of the US of A has decided to give billions of government money to bail out bankers who have made poor investments. Sounds like a broken record...
Our taxes will go up to pay that money.
Mr. Hunter, I respect private property, and I use what is mine.
If these nice people in DC wish to socialize all these things, are they in fact putting each and every one of us upon the list of investors and shareholders entitled to benefit of the corporations those banksters have created?
Yes, it's a stretch, isn't it.
Yet no more, and much less than the concept that I should be forcefully taxed to pay for the blunders of some very wealthy bankster or stock broker who still maintains a lifestyle far higher than most of us.
They still get their bonus, which exceeds our years salary.
They still conduct meetings at resorts and fly there by jet.
Of course you will not see me attempt to enter your back yard, and I probably would not step off your walkway if I approached your front door to ask permission to detect your front yard.
That place down the street, with 2ft tall weeds, windows open, graffiti on the busted garage door that hasn't been occupied in 14 months is possibly open to a little investigation. Who knows?
I might like the 'feel' of the vicinity and develop a plan to rehabilitate the place, especially if I can get great terms from whoever is managing the paper on the property!
That's what it is... There's NOT an owner.
There may be some corporate office with bean counters that manage the paper on the property.
And by my newspaper headlines, they've done a shabby job of it, just to line their own pockets.
Now, the new president says it will be at OUR expense.
I would have to say I don't see it as a clear cut matter of law, a battle of good vs evil.
Just a matter of interpretation and possibly opportunity.
If challenged, it would be advisable for me to cease and desist.
Perhaps I could query the individual taking exception as to THEIR substance?
Yet another element popped into my creativity...
Mr. Hunter, is a sign an invitation?
More specifically, is a For Sale sign an invitation to look at, view, and inspect a property?
I would say it is. Unless it is posted, as many are, Do Not Disturb Occupant.
Yes, I'm dragging this on more than a bit...
Which is to say, the matter is open to discussion!
Of course this is all fantasy, in a mythical land not so far away, in a parallel universe occupying a time share.
Ridiculous, huh?
Should I look for another bubble fairy to post?
Don't do this at home kids! Please send rmptr a file in a chocolate cake! He likes chocolate! and carrot cake!!
All kidding aside, what do you do or would you do if the police or the owner of the property show up while your detecting? And dont think Im a permission freak, I never ask permission to detect any public areas. I hunt several old parks in my area and I have as much right to be there as somebody walking there dog or having a picnic. Asking for permission to detect in public areas is just asking for someone to tell you no when you have every right to be there doing a public service picking up trash as your detecting. I just feel like private property is a different story. But I can see where when you know a home is going to be bulldozed for development anyway it would be very tempting. I guess Im a little shady too!
Come on folks, use your head....remember, most of us don't live in Ca.
I live in North Mexico. 
