gismapper
Senior Member
I'm so glad I went metal detecting tonight. But not for the reason you would expect. I'll try to keep this story as short as I can because quite frankly, I'm outraged. I'm actually furious. I'll keep my cool and not cuss here even though I really want to.
Late this afternoon, some ignorant guy made an absolute war zone out of the Lionville Youth Association park in Lionville, Pa. I mean, next time he should just take his vehicle and do donuts in the field if he wants to rip it up more efficiently.
I got there around 4:15 and saw the guy detecting so I went around to the opposite side of the park. Not that I mind saying hi but the sun was getting low and time was short. I finished up 45 minutes later on the side of the park the guy was at (he was long gone by then). Along the lacrosse field and playground, I started seeing holes.
Craters. Some not even covered, the plug just laying there, flipped over. Most of the dirt never made it back into the hole. None of them even got stepped on to pack them down.
I'm not exaggerating, there were a good 20 holes...just a big ugly mess. I didn't have time to take pix of all of them, but here are the first ones I found.
I mean, I had to seriously stop a few times and ask myself if there was some kind of construction going on.
And, far be it from me to criticize another guy's recovery technique, but seriously...12 to 18 inch wide "plugs" for a target 2-4 inches deep??? Just stupid.
So I spent 45 minutes filling in his holes and fixing the grass as best I could. I hit that park pretty regularly...the last thing I need is people thinking I did that.
I posted the park's name, hoping this will get back to him. I doubt he'll see this posted here, but even if someone knows someone who might know him, he's gotta get his act together and stop trashing the places he hunts. I cringe to think of where else he might have gone.
I practiced on my own lawn for weeks before I had the nerve to dig a park. For all the newbies...i know we all start somewhere and hopefully improve, but please....for the love of the hobby, don't make things bad for others who detect public property. If you wouldn't want your lawn looking like you leave a park, you need to improve your technique.
I'm glad I went detecting tonight, just to minimize the damage this jerk made.
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Late this afternoon, some ignorant guy made an absolute war zone out of the Lionville Youth Association park in Lionville, Pa. I mean, next time he should just take his vehicle and do donuts in the field if he wants to rip it up more efficiently.
I got there around 4:15 and saw the guy detecting so I went around to the opposite side of the park. Not that I mind saying hi but the sun was getting low and time was short. I finished up 45 minutes later on the side of the park the guy was at (he was long gone by then). Along the lacrosse field and playground, I started seeing holes.
Craters. Some not even covered, the plug just laying there, flipped over. Most of the dirt never made it back into the hole. None of them even got stepped on to pack them down.
I'm not exaggerating, there were a good 20 holes...just a big ugly mess. I didn't have time to take pix of all of them, but here are the first ones I found.
I mean, I had to seriously stop a few times and ask myself if there was some kind of construction going on.
And, far be it from me to criticize another guy's recovery technique, but seriously...12 to 18 inch wide "plugs" for a target 2-4 inches deep??? Just stupid.
So I spent 45 minutes filling in his holes and fixing the grass as best I could. I hit that park pretty regularly...the last thing I need is people thinking I did that.
I posted the park's name, hoping this will get back to him. I doubt he'll see this posted here, but even if someone knows someone who might know him, he's gotta get his act together and stop trashing the places he hunts. I cringe to think of where else he might have gone.
I practiced on my own lawn for weeks before I had the nerve to dig a park. For all the newbies...i know we all start somewhere and hopefully improve, but please....for the love of the hobby, don't make things bad for others who detect public property. If you wouldn't want your lawn looking like you leave a park, you need to improve your technique.
I'm glad I went detecting tonight, just to minimize the damage this jerk made.
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, so he ran out and got a 'tector so he could get some too.
