So I had a first happen to me last night. I was detecting a church that I had previously gotten permission to hunt. I hadn't been back to this particular site in a whole...maybe over a year.
While I was hunting, I had a church employee come up to me and asked what I was doing. I smiled, removed my sunglasses and headphones and explained I was looking for historic relics, coins, etc. You know, the basic response we give when asked that question.
She proceeded to tell me that I was on church property and that I should leave. I quickly explained that I had been granted permission to be detecting there. She asked me who I talked to (I didn't have the name), so I just told her the Pastor and said "I apologize, I cannot remember his name. It was a couple years ago that I talked to him." She then responded with "That would have been with (so and so) and he's no longer at the church. She then said I should leave. So I did.
I'm going to wait a day or two and then call and talk to the new Pastor and see if I can get reinstated.
This got me thinking...do you keep notes on who you talk to and when, when getting permission? I don't normally, but it might be nice in cases where someone is questioning you actions.
Thoughts?
While I was hunting, I had a church employee come up to me and asked what I was doing. I smiled, removed my sunglasses and headphones and explained I was looking for historic relics, coins, etc. You know, the basic response we give when asked that question.
She proceeded to tell me that I was on church property and that I should leave. I quickly explained that I had been granted permission to be detecting there. She asked me who I talked to (I didn't have the name), so I just told her the Pastor and said "I apologize, I cannot remember his name. It was a couple years ago that I talked to him." She then responded with "That would have been with (so and so) and he's no longer at the church. She then said I should leave. So I did.
I'm going to wait a day or two and then call and talk to the new Pastor and see if I can get reinstated.
This got me thinking...do you keep notes on who you talk to and when, when getting permission? I don't normally, but it might be nice in cases where someone is questioning you actions.
Thoughts?