Roger B
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So, I went to a beach that I have been detecting on for years and I start digging a target. A guy walking his dog starts talking with me and he looks past me and says here comes a cop (Ranger). the guy says to me, "he's probably going to give me a ticket for not having my dog on a leash."
The Ranger walks up and says, "no dogs allowed off leash" then he looks at me and says, "and there's no metal detecting allowed."
I was floored! I said, "are you freaking kidding me?"
I have been detecting this beach for years!" He pulls out a ticket book and says that he is supposed to give out tickets from now on because it is a state beach and no detecting will be allowed. I asked him how much the ticket was and he said it's so new it isn't even on the tickets yet.
So many people have run their dogs and metal detected on this (and the other) beach for ever!
I asked him if I could stay today since I was dropped off by my son and my wife is picking me up in about 3 hours.He said well I'm leaving in ten minutes, I just want to give you the "heads up." He said he understands but he's just enforcing the rules, but in the future he will ticket us. So I stayed until 7pm and now I need to figure out how to fight this.
Any advice? It was an employee of The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Massachusetts.
This includes so many beaches that I hunt (along with others) and has to be stopped!
This is not a State Park and the other beaches aren't either. It so stupid, last year there was a Sand Castle event on Revere Beach and one of the Sponsors was Minelab detectors. They had an event with kids and raffles, etc.
This falls under !!!!
Everyone in Massachusetts (and anywhere else) needs to be outraged, I know I am!!
The Ranger walks up and says, "no dogs allowed off leash" then he looks at me and says, "and there's no metal detecting allowed."
I was floored! I said, "are you freaking kidding me?"
I have been detecting this beach for years!" He pulls out a ticket book and says that he is supposed to give out tickets from now on because it is a state beach and no detecting will be allowed. I asked him how much the ticket was and he said it's so new it isn't even on the tickets yet.
So many people have run their dogs and metal detected on this (and the other) beach for ever!
I asked him if I could stay today since I was dropped off by my son and my wife is picking me up in about 3 hours.He said well I'm leaving in ten minutes, I just want to give you the "heads up." He said he understands but he's just enforcing the rules, but in the future he will ticket us. So I stayed until 7pm and now I need to figure out how to fight this.
Any advice? It was an employee of The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Massachusetts.
This includes so many beaches that I hunt (along with others) and has to be stopped!
This is not a State Park and the other beaches aren't either. It so stupid, last year there was a Sand Castle event on Revere Beach and one of the Sponsors was Minelab detectors. They had an event with kids and raffles, etc.
This falls under !!!!
Everyone in Massachusetts (and anywhere else) needs to be outraged, I know I am!!