Just what is Public and available to detect...

[$MELTER-1]

Here in my area of Kansas, schools/tot lots are public property. We paid to have them built. BUT, timing is everything. No, you don't hunt the schools/tot lots during school days. I ONLY hunt my tot lots and schools on Saturday's and Sunday's. ONLY. Easements, that area between the road and the front yard, are open to the public, but again, timing is important. You don't want to draw attention, and if asked to leave, leave.

In my 50 years of metal detecting I have only had 2 issues, and they were resolved peacefully and quickly. I didn't argue, I just got in my car and left. Rentals are one of my favorites, but you need to learn to read the occupants. Is the yard well groomed? A front yard full of weeds generally means the renters aren't going to care unless they just want to be jerks.

I never ask permission unless it is my last choice.
If I talk to someone, I avoid the word dig. I use recover instead.

National forests are my favorite if there was certain kinds of activity before they became forests.another favorite is land tracts that other countries have bought to either harvest the timber because they have none or to sit and wait for expansion and sell as commercial.
Japan ,Saudi,China when I lived in Buford GA.i couldn't believe how much prime hunting land deer hunting that is they owned needless to say that's where I killed every deer I did in GA.but ghost mode is always how I go nobody can complain about someone they never knew was there and as far as the foreign countries are concerned that are doing this and the politics that allow it I got a four letter word with a you behind it just for all involved.

 

[cellrdwellr]

You didn’t mention that nice peaceful early morning or night time hunting to avoid busybodies!

"So peaceful, so serene"

 

[jwp1964]

 

[$MELTER-1]

"So peaceful, so serene"

Yes you're right and I think it's cause I never live in a city or city limits after having done so when I was in the glazier's union 1778 thoes guys hanging on the side of skyscrapers putting the glass in them.so I had enough city life doing that to last a few thousand years,besides I don't like being told I can n can't do this or that in my own dam yard or that I can't build a dog house or snow tunnel in my yard without paying somebody to let me(California) I guess i just refuse to accept the fact rights can only be found in a history book anymore and freedom is a commodity that has to be purchased and even after having fallen victim to this repeatedly I just cannot swallow the turd no matter how thick a candy coat they apply.but props to thoes that can and they deserve a lil quiet time any way they can get it.

 

[markinmichigan]

Yes you're right and I think it's cause I never live in a city or city limits after having done so when I was in the glazier's union 1778 thoes guys hanging on the side of skyscrapers putting the glass in them.so I had enough city life doing that to last a few thousand years,besides I don't like being told I can n can't do this or that in my own dam yard or that I can't build a dog house or snow tunnel in my yard without paying somebody to let me(California) I guess i just refuse to accept the fact rights can only be found in a history book anymore and freedom is a commodity that has to be purchased and even after having fallen victim to this repeatedly I just cannot swallow the turd no matter how thick a candy coat they apply.but props to thoes that can and they deserve a lil quiet time any way they can get it.

Dude you sound like a people person, you and I could get along. $MELTER-1 for president! Just kidding, I really oppose the political powers that we are having shoved down our throats. Keep swinging.

Mark in Michigan

 

[$MELTER-1]

Dude you sound like a people person, you and I could get along. $MELTER-1 for president! Just kidding, I really oppose the political powers that we are having shoved down our throats. Keep swinging.

Mark in Michigan

Thanks man I just still believe in thoes self evident God given rights that have been so savagely hewn to the ground here in the relentless pursuit of revenue by a government of the government for the government no matter the flag they wave ppl call me a rebel,I guess if the definition of rebel is (one who refuses corrupt doctrine and will not be indoctrinated by such.) then thank you Lord God Almighty for the honor that has been bestowed upon me.just how it is brother man.

 

[BobOso]

School yards may be public property, but like Tom says fences went up for reasons. Where I live even when school is out, if you are seen on the other side of the fence, the cops will be called. Fenced, stay out.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

School yards may be public property, but like Tom says fences went up for reasons. Where I live even when school is out, if you are seen on the other side of the fence, the cops will be called. Fenced, stay out.

Where I'm at, cops aren't called.

 

[Bioheat1969]

Since I picked up the habit...er, hobby...of metal detecting, I've always been perplexed by detecting curb-strips. What sort of curb-strips are people referring to? Are we talking in towns with buildings lining the road and a narrow strip between the sidewalk and the curb? I guess I could "see" detecting those areas and it not being a huge issue. However, I grew up in a subdivision with homes that had relatively large front yards and a curb-strip the was probably 10 feet between the sidewalk and curb. I did understand that those areas were the property of the town/city, but that the residents were required to maintain them. Having said that, I cannot not, for the life of me, imagine metal detecting those areas. I can guarantee you that every house you detected in front of would have resulted in some sort of confrontation. Maybe not a violent confrontation, but I'm as positive as I can be that the home owner would have come outside and approached you in some manner or another....and that they would definitely been pretty pissed off. I also pretty sure that me explaining that those areas are public property would have mattered not one iota. Are these the curb-strips people are referring to? Surely not? So what/where are these curb-strips that people do metal detect, and somehow or another manage not to get shot?

This is a town near me, you can see the curb strips in the image, I like to detect on these, but I'm judicious about which ones I hit. I try to only do in front of businesses and churches during daylight hours. The ones in front of houses and such, I save for late night searching or early morning. I have an orange vest I wear that strongly resembles those worn by town workers too. I very rarely run into any issues.