metaladdict
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911 facility?
That's way to close to law enforcement for me!
Yeah 911! Why bother?
911 facility?
That's way to close to law enforcement for me!
Where i live, i step into the park with a metal detector, I have a one way ticket to a few days or month's of free room and board. ; (
it was told to me by the parks department. Because of thieves took the relics that was buried there and sold them on eBay.
911 facility?
That's way to close to law enforcement for me!
Where i live most of the parks are built on relic site's too keep people off of them with metal detector's.
Ha Ha Ha!!! I've been known to detect directly across the street from my local police station, ....
..... Especially in smaller towns law can be altered at any time. .... the law can be improvised to fit someone's wants. ....
The mere fact that there are examples that (yes) float around of "overzealous" cops, who "alter and improvise" laws, does not mean I'm going to pussyfoot and grovel and wimp out wherever I travel.
... Like hunting a parking strip, and having a cop detain you and confiscate your detector for the destruction of public property.........
Went metal detecting in our county seat town hitting the side walks and parks. Was having a enjoyable day until I wondered too far into a grassy area of the county 911 building. A lady comes out carrying her cell phone and runs to my truck and takes a photo of my license plate then she approaches me asking me "Can I help you?". I told her I was just out enjoying my hobby of metal detecting and she immediately says "You are trespassing and need to leave!". I told her I thought there was nothing wrong with metal detecting on tax payers county property (I being a tax payer of the county) and that I had been metal detecting all day on the streets. She proceeded to lie telling me it was not county property even though I checked the property data of the area before I started and knew it was. I didn't argue with her and just moved on. I've been waiting for the sheriff to come to my house since she did take a photo of my license plate but so far they haven't. Some people can really make a good day of metal detecting turn bad. I'm going to check with the county clerk about getting a permit before going back.
Very interesting.
Can you cite any incident, anywhere in the USA, where someone has had their "detector confiscated" for hunting a parking strip ?
Yes, me! But he was told to give it back by the Chief. He put it in his car and was going to keep it by the way he talked. Once we got to the station he was told to give it back.