MrTeacherDude
Junior Member
While my daughter played in a splash pad and my wife got some sun, I decided to take a nice long walk to "them thar woods" way back over yonder in this picture. Our county has cut out a mountain bike trail that has over a mile of trails and off shoots. I've hunted this place 10 or more times before and have NEVER had a problem.
Today the park was ridiculously crowded, so I got my stuff together and headed to the woods (purposefully leaving my big shovel in the the car) not wanting to make a scene. About 15 minutes later, my wife sends me a message that a sheriff has pulled up and was asking someone who pointed at the woods and that he was heading that way. I didn't think much of it and kept digging. (It's legal on all public parks and I know this land is publicly owned because I called and got the OK last August...)
When he gets there, he asks me what I've found and I answer him vaguely with "junk..." (I had 4 gum wrappers, an old can lid, and 2 shotgun shells). I expected him to say that I needed to leave, but he told me I was looking in all the wrong places! We walked to the "rest area" set up for bikers and runners and lo-and-behold 6 pennies almost automatically! He got a call and had to leave, but before he left, he told me that someone thought my detector was a shotgun [emoji849] and that I was suspiciously digging in the woods. (REALLY?!?)
I hunted for another 30-45 minutes and hit more trash and old iron junk before I gave it up and walked down to the park.
The interaction with that fine deputy made up for the lack of finds!
