Texas man going to prison for illegally digging artifacts on Federal land

[Kantuckkeean]

This guy sounds like a real scumbag. I'm happy that he'll be sitting behind bars for a while.

https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article252503553.html

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

GoDeep, you acknowledge person was a member here, then precede to attack him who ever he was/is, please be careful as it is borderline to breaking our rules.

 

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[GoDeep]

GoDeep, you acknowledge he was member here, then precede to attack him, please be careful as it is borderline to breaking our rules.

I realize the optics of it and have deleted it.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Thank you sir..

 

[T.C.]

So much is destroyed by the greedy and ignorant. :-(

That is a damned shame!

 

[bfloyd4445]

I didn't think there was any public land in Texas all private

 

[Garscale]

I didn't think there was any public land in Texas all private

Tons of public land in Texas. Plenty private too

 

[Huzzah!]

You are aware I power screen and dig with a skidsteer, right? Surely you dont think i could set up an illegal mining operation on public land now do you?

Gotta get me one of those! Would certainly help getting through the plow zone

 

[bfloyd4445]

according to the list of all states texas has 167,625.00 thousands of acres total with only 3,216.40 owned by state and fed's the balance is private. Not much public land. New York has the most public land which surprised me


https://www.nrcm.org/documents/publiclandownership.pdf

 

[Garscale]

Gotta get me one of those! Would certainly help getting through the plow zone

Yep. You would be amazed what's still down there where a plow hasn't hit it nor has it been picked over.

 

[ArfieBoy]

I?d like to slap him out his shoes

And I would like to help you!

 

[Truth]

And I would like to help you!

And you would be more than welcome ArfieBoy

 

[Huzzah!]

Yep. You would be amazed what's still down there where a plow hasn't hit it nor has it been picked over.

Thats what I like to hear. One of my brothers and I have been finding stuff well beyond the plow zone in a few of our spots, and while it's slow, it's damn exciting.

 

[BC1969]

Aww.
Where did the 11 year comment go ?
If I had became a cop like I wanted to, the rest of you would be bored!

 

[Garscale]

according to the list of all states texas has 167,625.00 thousands of acres total with only 3,216.40 owned by state and fed's the balance is private. Not much public land. New York has the most public land which surprised me


https://www.nrcm.org/documents/publiclandownership.pdf

I'm not sure I understand your numbers. The Davy Crockett National Forest alone is 165,000acres besides the others.

 

[bfloyd4445]

not sure i understand the table either but sounds to me that the forest mentioned is only a fraction of the public land in Texas. If you read the note for the chart it says the numbers are in Thousands of acres so you would move the decimal point over three pots. So 3216.40 would be 3,216,400 acres. Is that right?
An old high school buddy that moved to Texas and loves it but is always complaining that Texas has little public land is what got me interested after your post. He is retired Army

 

[Garscale]

At any rate, private property is where its at for artifact collecting. I love being able to buy or lease a property and have all the rights to dig at my own pace and style.

 

[Tpmetal]

At any rate, private property is where its at for artifact collecting. I love being able to buy or lease a property and have all the rights to dig at my own pace and style.

wish I had the money to treasure and artifact hunt like that! sounds like a dream!

 

[bfloyd4445]

you need some ruby slippers

 

[Garscale]

wish I had the money to treasure and artifact hunt like that! sounds like a dream!

Some people buy a bass boat for 75g and chase ditch pickles. Some folks buy a membership to the country club and chase a little white golf ball. Some people get on a duck lease and spend a fortune on calls, decoys, boats ,guns, and blinds. Me? I dig arrowheads and sell enough along to pay the Bill's while still keeping most of my good stuff.

To each their own. If you want to do it, you can find a way.

 

[Tnmountains]

I'm not sure I understand your numbers. The Davy Crockett National Forest alone is 165,000acres besides the others.

That Davy Crockett National Forest is only one of two places that I was ever turned around in and almost lost. Flat and all pines! Lol.