Barneymartin3
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Would like to share some bad experiences in just the last few years whether it was asking for permission, or after permission was granted, and detecting in public places.
1. Came across a guy remodeling an old 20's house and the yard was just dirt mainly so I stopped by the curb and got out and asked permission to metal detect (I wished I hadn't). The guy just started cursing as he approached me and told me to get the H off his property. So I did. Not very friendly.
2. Received permission to hunt a home in my birth town in a yard I used to play in in the 60's. I actually was child hood friend with the lady who owns it. After an hour hunting the yard the ladies daughter-in-law pulls into the driveway and begins cursing as she approaches me asking who I was and what I was doing. I told her I was life long friends with the lady who gave me permission but it didn't matter her. She called her husband at work to come have me removed by the police saying her mother-in-law was crazy and didn't own the home and therefore had no right to give me permission. So I left. Evidently her son and daughter-in-law was trying to take her property from her and claimed it as theirs.
3. Decided to curb strip hunt on a cold winter day figuring not people would bother me metal detecting. Within the first 30 minutes of metal detecting I got this feeling I was being watched constantly (I never wondered into any ones yard). Within minutes several City Police cars surrounded me with lights flashing. Had to present id and tell them what I was doing. Once they realized I wasn't harming anything they still asked me to leave the area so the citizens would stay calm.
4. Love hunting around churches as well as attending them. But who would thought going to a church to metal detect would end up with the police being called by nosey neighbors on two occasions, surrounded and searched, and then being told to move on.
5. Got permission to hunt an old house and was having a great day until a neighbor two houses down decides to play patrol officer and comes out on her front porch screaming at me wanting to know if I had permission to be doing what I was doing. I said yes but she called the police anyway. Luckily I didn't have to leave because the owner was home to protect me.
This is just a few bad things I have experienced in getting permission and hunting in public places. I understand why a lot folks on this site have a hard time asking for permission especially if they have had any of these experiences. If you love to metal detect don't let bad apples as these prevent you from enjoying your hobby. Remember to be safe at all times!
1. Came across a guy remodeling an old 20's house and the yard was just dirt mainly so I stopped by the curb and got out and asked permission to metal detect (I wished I hadn't). The guy just started cursing as he approached me and told me to get the H off his property. So I did. Not very friendly.
2. Received permission to hunt a home in my birth town in a yard I used to play in in the 60's. I actually was child hood friend with the lady who owns it. After an hour hunting the yard the ladies daughter-in-law pulls into the driveway and begins cursing as she approaches me asking who I was and what I was doing. I told her I was life long friends with the lady who gave me permission but it didn't matter her. She called her husband at work to come have me removed by the police saying her mother-in-law was crazy and didn't own the home and therefore had no right to give me permission. So I left. Evidently her son and daughter-in-law was trying to take her property from her and claimed it as theirs.
3. Decided to curb strip hunt on a cold winter day figuring not people would bother me metal detecting. Within the first 30 minutes of metal detecting I got this feeling I was being watched constantly (I never wondered into any ones yard). Within minutes several City Police cars surrounded me with lights flashing. Had to present id and tell them what I was doing. Once they realized I wasn't harming anything they still asked me to leave the area so the citizens would stay calm.
4. Love hunting around churches as well as attending them. But who would thought going to a church to metal detect would end up with the police being called by nosey neighbors on two occasions, surrounded and searched, and then being told to move on.
5. Got permission to hunt an old house and was having a great day until a neighbor two houses down decides to play patrol officer and comes out on her front porch screaming at me wanting to know if I had permission to be doing what I was doing. I said yes but she called the police anyway. Luckily I didn't have to leave because the owner was home to protect me.
This is just a few bad things I have experienced in getting permission and hunting in public places. I understand why a lot folks on this site have a hard time asking for permission especially if they have had any of these experiences. If you love to metal detect don't let bad apples as these prevent you from enjoying your hobby. Remember to be safe at all times!