ohiochris
Elite Member
So long as that's not construed to mean: "Go ask can I?" A person can become "aware of the law" by looking it up for themselves .
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Exactly !
But the lack of a posted sign or the omission of a specific rule on one of possibly more than one official website does not necessarily mean you are in the legal clear. It is the responsibility of the individual to be sure they have checked all the information available , not just check for a sign. My point with all of this is that advice is given to " just do it " , without knowing personally just what it is that they are saying to do. In an extreme and slightly sarcastic case , you may be telling a newbie to just go detect in a minefield for all you know Funny to put it that way but it illustrates the real point I am trying to make. The issue isn't whether you should detect or not , the issue is telling people to go for it when you don't have firsthand knowledge of the site. Admittedly problems might be rare , but you don't really know for sure what you are telling them to do. And if they are inexperienced , they may not know what they are doing either.