Security guard on Saint Pete Beach

[MiamiFox]

I found this on YouTube. Anyone here hunt this beach? Is the water off limits too?

I wonder what the guard would have done if the guy just walked into the water and started hunting.

 

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[Fletch88]

I'm in! Give me a time and place. I will be in chest deep water though!

 

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[Ccarson]

ask about 20 TH'ers to meet and go thru at once - that'd be funny

I was thinking that same thing but a little bigger scale. Maybe like 50.

 

[ARC]

Lets have a Metal Detecting cookout on the beach...
Invite MD companies to set up...
Have some MD competition's etc. :P

 

[DewGuru]

Ahh... Censorship at it's finest. Guess my reply was deleted for calling this "detectorist" a dbag. Ok, fair enough.

1. The guard is an idiot.
2. The "detectorist" is an idiot.

If you watch the videos made by this "detectorist" you will find that he routinely leaves open holes, with his trash often placed back into the hole, and or, laid outside of the hole. In one of them, this "detectorist" actually takes the trash and places it on the hotels deck. A real class act. While this joke-of-a-guard was wrong, this "detectorist" antagonized the situation and was combative. It is idiots like this which will ruin it for us all. Your told to leave, ask why, move on. If you have a problem with it outside of that, contact the hotel directly and take it up at that time.

Personally, I hope to encounter this "detectorist" while pillaging the beach, so I can "educate" him accordingly.

 

[ARC]

Ahh... Censorship at it's finest. Guess my reply was deleted for calling this "detectorist" a dbag. Ok, fair enough.

1. The guard is an idiot.
2. The "detectorist" is an idiot.

If you watch the videos made by this "detectorist" you will find that he routinely leaves open holes, with his trash often placed back into the hole, and or, laid outside of the hole. In one of them, this "detectorist" actually takes the trash and places it on the hotels deck. A real class act. While this joke-of-a-guard was wrong, this "detectorist" antagonized the situation and was combative. It is idiots like this which will ruin it for us all. Your told to leave, ask why, move on. If you have a problem with it outside of that, contact the hotel directly and take it up at that time.

Personally, I hope to encounter this "detectorist" while pillaging the beach, so I can "educate" him accordingly.

Really ?
Hmmm I have not watched dudes vids...
Whata jag off.

I rarely watch detecting vids...
Most just irritate me.

 

[sandswimmer]

PCI, Post Card Inn, was of major concern to locals and city officials before and even more after the brawl during spring break this year. Complaints came from many locals about the excessive partying and drinking that were going on during the weekend and the amount of trash constantly left on the beach. The hotel had just been sold to new owners and was due for a big makeover. Security, renovations, and restrictions were long over due. Security is on the beach on weekends and holidays only, and hotel workers are sent out at the end of the day and early in the morning to pick up the trash which if not picked up, usually ended up in the water or spread out on adjacent properties during a late afternoon or night storm.
The security stops people from bringing their coolers full of booze to the beach. They, PCI, have a beach parking lot that they charge for parking and control from that point what you can take out there. If you are on PCI beach the security can check your cooler...but only on their beach which is a good ways up from the water, the guards will report to the sheriff if they see you with alcohol anywhere around their property, they want you to buy from their beach bar only and then you can drink on their beach.
The guard is named Mack and he has had complaints made against him....this might be the last one. Lots of people come to SPB on vacation and bring their detectors. I have meet many year after year and they do not need a rouge wanna be cop on a power trip being a total jerk to their tourist. Not good PR!
This is the brawl that went viral that got the beach officials so mad that they warned PCI to get the problem under control.

 

[jyt2017]

ask about 20 TH'ers to meet and go thru at once - that'd be funny

This is would be very funny. Lol

 

[slider66]

Ahh... Censorship at it's finest. Guess my reply was deleted for calling this "detectorist" a dbag. Ok, fair enough.

1. The guard is an idiot.
2. The "detectorist" is an idiot.

If you watch the videos made by this "detectorist" you will find that he routinely leaves open holes, with his trash often placed back into the hole, and or, laid outside of the hole. In one of them, this "detectorist" actually takes the trash and places it on the hotels deck. A real class act. While this joke-of-a-guard was wrong, this "detectorist" antagonized the situation and was combative. It is idiots like this which will ruin it for us all. Your told to leave, ask why, move on. If you have a problem with it outside of that, contact the hotel directly and take it up at that time.

Personally, I hope to encounter this "detectorist" while pillaging the beach, so I can "educate" him accordingly.

I agree with you. I watched several of his videos where he left trash. Same thing happened to me yesterday here in Jensen. Guy jumped in ahead of me detecting with a whites PI. Then dug holes left them open and left in bottle caps and other trash he did not want. I filled the holes. The guy in Clearwater is clearly young and taking his detector to get videos of chicks. He really needs to grow up.

 

[G.I.B.]

The first shot is a google earth of PCI.

The second one is from the property appraisers office, the green box, center of the photos, is their property. They have zero authority outside the green box.

 

[jyt2017]

I agree with you. I watched several of his videos where he left trash. Same thing happened to me yesterday here in Jensen. Guy jumped in ahead of me detecting with a whites PI. Then dug holes left them open and left in bottle caps and other trash he did not want. I filled the holes. The guy in Clearwater is clearly young and taking his detector to get videos of chicks. He really needs to grow up.

No. He is grown up. He needs an ankle gps...

 

[BigWaveDave]

Now I am torn... I had plans to beep one of my beaches this Sat... but seems a road trip to St. Pete is in order... I would like to meet Mack myself...

aint skeered

 

[ARC]

Now I am torn... I had plans to beep one of my beaches this Sat... but seems a road trip to St. Pete is in order... I would like to meet Mack myself...

aint skeered

Tell "mack" he is the center of attention on Tnet...
That there are metal detectorists in uproar worldwide... and they have shovels and scoops full of dirt...
ready to build a "mack monument" on behalf of his superiority complex.

 

[MiamiFox]

The first shot is a google earth of PCI.

The second one is from the property appraisers office, the green box, center of the photos, is their property. They have zero authority outside the green box.

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Nice work G.I.B. and for all the great comments from everyone. If I lived closer I would love to do a group hunt on a day that guard was working.

 

[ARC]

You know guys and gals...
This could just be a case of "he did not know"...

For example...
He gets the job...
The "rulebook" to enforce is explained or given...
There is a "no metal detecting on the property rule"...
Mack knows that the beach belongs to his "employer"...

But unaware of the "extent" of that... the "property" boundaries and such.

OR !!!

HE DETECTS ! :P

 

[Eddie Current]

Vacationers from all over the world come to St Pete Beach to enjoy the sand & water. Many people come here to metal detect, which is a favored beach activity. The publicity from this video will not help the Tourist Industry in St Pete, as many metal detector hobbyists will find friendlier beaches on which to take a vacation. Plus the Security Guard was RUDE. My guess is that this video gets a lot of hits because of the Security Guard.

Plus, most of us take more junk off the beaches than coins, including fishing hooks and sharp metals.

I was shocked to see this security guard acting so rude and ignorant of the actual laws, as we can clearly see that the metal detector was way below the high water mark. Plus the Security Guard said he owned the water too? This is a good way to drive tourists to other beaches.

i have stayed at PCI twice, but no more.

 

[G.I.B.]

i have stayed at PCI twice, but no more.

If you just never show up again, they will not notice.

You have to call them and tell them why.

 

[Heyjak]

No,The rude person was metal detecting 2 feet from people's blankets as for cleaning up trash yeah that bottle cap at 7 inches was an eyesore

 

[dewcon4414]

A lot of wrongs here. 15 min. of fame on Utube and clearly he has no idea why the mall cop was attempting to get him to move on. Had he stayed in the water id be amazed if there would have been a problem at all..... and ya he bought a Go Pro to video girls some without their permission. DewGuru..... i think your term for him fits. The mall cop clearly doesnt know the law of property line here in Fl...... but im sure his peacock method has worked before. In this case he needed to told the real reason...... hes making people uncomfortable and he was clearly up in the towel line beyond where he should have been at that time of the day. Some people in uniform exceed their authority. Id moved to the water and moved on...... ooooo but then im not sure his detector even worked there. He doesnt have a clue.

 

[jyt2017]

And in doing so he ruins all our reputations. I think he should be tracked down and told to buzz off from the hobby. Laws usually don't state the real reason for a ban..."that guy" like this one usually does all the damage. I like watching detecting videos but there is a small portion of them that are flat out made by people that want to record people on the beach. And when you look at his machine it's probably cost less then the gopro. Hh gl-Joe

A lot of wrongs here. 15 min. of fame on Utube and clearly he has no idea why the mall cop was attempting to get him to move on. Had he stayed in the water id be amazed if there would have been a problem at all..... and ya he bought a Go Pro to video girls some without their permission. DewGuru..... i think your term for him fits. The mall cop clearly doesnt know the law of property line here in Fl...... but im sure his peacock method has worked before. In this case he needed to told the real reason...... hes making people uncomfortable and he was clearly up in the towel line beyond where he should have been at that time of the day. Some people in uniform exceed their authority. Id moved to the water and moved on...... ooooo but then im not sure his detector even worked there. He doesnt have a clue.

 

[hookahman]

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