Why is washington state being so strict on detecting laws?

[CoinFetcher]

I happily in my bubble island community where my Seattle friends say it’s a throwback to the 1950s.

I do commercial crabbing and metal detecting on my days off. It’s good!

 

[FloridaSon]

Yep, Renton Ordinance Chapter 9.C.12 "Parks Commission" Metal Detecting: Use in any park a device to detect ores or metals, without prior written Administrator approval.

Renton outlawed detecting not digging, my Florida county outlawed digging not detecting.

Link: https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Renton/#!/Renton02/Renton0209.html