THing in Ireland
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Cool Hand Fluke
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Hi HL,
Wow! I just got back from a two week trip in Ireland two months ago! It was awesome! I brought my fisher CZ and a Tesoro along on the trip. I tried to get information before I left from the irish counsulate office in S.F. and they refered me to the irish tourist info center in Ireland. I could'nt get any info, so I planned on playing the dumb american if any one approached me when I was metal detecting. To my surprise everone I ran into while detecting was clueless to what I was doing! I talked to at least 30 people while detecting and none of them had ever seen a metal detector before! Everwhere I hunted the ground was loaded with all kinds of coins and lots of trash. Everwhere I went was virgin terirtory! I hit a old park outside of Dublin and found hundreds of coins ( oldest was a large George III Irish penny dated 1805) Several coins from 1830's, lots from the 1900's to 1930's. There are many sandy beaches on the west coast, (check out Dingle, and the Ring of Kerry) . Hunted a beach on the Dingle Peninsula called Inch Beach, found about 50 coins, several pieces of silver jewlery, and a gold 10K St Mary medallion. Ireland was fantastic! 90% of the time I spent sightseeing. Pubs are great! Next time I go I plan on doing some more detecting. -49er Mike
Wow! I just got back from a two week trip in Ireland two months ago! It was awesome! I brought my fisher CZ and a Tesoro along on the trip. I tried to get information before I left from the irish counsulate office in S.F. and they refered me to the irish tourist info center in Ireland. I could'nt get any info, so I planned on playing the dumb american if any one approached me when I was metal detecting. To my surprise everone I ran into while detecting was clueless to what I was doing! I talked to at least 30 people while detecting and none of them had ever seen a metal detector before! Everwhere I hunted the ground was loaded with all kinds of coins and lots of trash. Everwhere I went was virgin terirtory! I hit a old park outside of Dublin and found hundreds of coins ( oldest was a large George III Irish penny dated 1805) Several coins from 1830's, lots from the 1900's to 1930's. There are many sandy beaches on the west coast, (check out Dingle, and the Ring of Kerry) . Hunted a beach on the Dingle Peninsula called Inch Beach, found about 50 coins, several pieces of silver jewlery, and a gold 10K St Mary medallion. Ireland was fantastic! 90% of the time I spent sightseeing. Pubs are great! Next time I go I plan on doing some more detecting. -49er Mike
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Detecting in Southern Ireland is a no go due to the act of 1987 (Section 2). It can be an offence to even be in posession of a detector in the wrong area. There's even bans on some beaches. You could end up in the cells facing a fine. Your equipment would certainly be confiscated. Detector sales are no longer allowed.
Northern Ireland still reflects British law so as long as you get permission and don't wander on to a listed site your O.K.
Northern Ireland still reflects British law so as long as you get permission and don't wander on to a listed site your O.K.
Cool Hand Fluke
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I had no idea I was breaking the law while I detected over there. Its a good thing I did'nt get caught! Still, it seems like a pretty stupid law that's typical of socialist european countries? This should not have surprised me. While in Dublin reading a local newspaper there was an ad informing all the Irish citizens that they had to turn in all their guns...! Where is their freedom?
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Mike, don't post pics!!!! Who knows what type of laws may have been innocently broken. I don't know what type of cahoots the two governments might be in. Better safe than sorry.
England and Ireland don't operate with our constitution. We are not too far behind not being able to own guns though. The right to bear arms was put in the constitution to ensure the army did not have the ability to "strong arm" us. Now that is a joke as we cannot even own an automatic bird gun. Obviously the government also has much more firepower than we do. I don't own any guns but I am sure there are many that would stash them if they were told to give them up.
England and Ireland don't operate with our constitution. We are not too far behind not being able to own guns though. The right to bear arms was put in the constitution to ensure the army did not have the ability to "strong arm" us. Now that is a joke as we cannot even own an automatic bird gun. Obviously the government also has much more firepower than we do. I don't own any guns but I am sure there are many that would stash them if they were told to give them up.
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