Again, I need to correct your erroneous accusations.
1) I have never suggested that anyone "Dig" where
Digging is Illegal. Please feel free to research all my posts and prove it up with direct quotes or admit that your accusatory statement is incorrect.
I will and do state that if 'Digging' is ILLEGAL, it is still legal to MD if MDing is not specifically banned by law [ILLEGAL].
2) Your the only one playing semantics here although you accuse me of this. Here's the definition of the word DIG:
VERB
1.break up and move earth with a tool or machine, or with hands, paws, snout, etc.:
"the boar had been digging for roots"
synonyms: turn over · work · break up · till · harrow · plow · shovel
NOUN
1.an act or spell of digging:
"a thorough dig of the whole plot"
Now look up METAL DETECTOR and see if a metal detector is a type of "digging implement" by definition. Think you will find implements like shovels, hoes, spades, etc.are digging implements but 'metal detector' is not a digging implement.
I will tell you that in my opinion, if
you choose to 'dig, recover, etc.' when
you know to 'dig, recover, etc.' is illegal as stated in the law but you have asked for and received permission to 'dig, recover, etc.' anyway...YOU ARE STILL COMMITTING AN ILLEGAL ACT. And, I'll add that you are doing so knowingly and in willful disregard of written laws. Even Tom says this is somewhat 'problematic'.
So you keep asking for permission to MD and keep digging where some 'groundskeeper' said he wouldn't care. But don't use the "I got permission" excuse because you know "Your separation of detecting and digging is [was] just a little semantic play that obscures what most of us are actually talking about here."
I'll repeat: IF MDing IS LEGAL...IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO MD WHERE DIGGING IS NOT LEGAL. What
is ILLEGAL is to DIG where Digging is not legal. I'll also add that it's not illegal to MD where 'recovering objects' is not legal BUT if you are 'recovering objects' where 'recovering objects is illegal, you are committing an illegal offense.
And I really hope you are smart enough to understand that no groundskeeper can give you "permission" to commit an illegal act...but I'm beginning to have some doubts.