Hey Metal! Beer me!
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but im glad you seen it and agree, 
leaving holes all over the beach and not using a PI to dig all the trash are in no comparison 
I use a PI when im in the black sand 
other than that i use a machine that sees past the junk so i can find the treasure mixed in the trash not because i want to leave behind the fish hooks i think he honestly came here to fight 
he makes no sense The Right Tool For The Job 
) the public has a lot of sway in our hobby. If I leave the beach like a warzone someone is going to think I'm a jerk for ruining their beach and making it ugly. The lifeguards will call you out, a beach goer will call you out, the mayors wife will call you out, and eventually metal detecting will not be allowed or certainly be frowned on.
This is a no brainer, non-topic. FILL YOUR HOLES EVERY TIME, dirt, beach, dry, wet, it doesn't matter. We are limited in what we do by how the public perceives us. Injuries aside (or groin injuries as mud-puppy mentioned
We should be friendly to those who ask us what we find, we should dig the garbage and toss it in the trash can, and make the beach nicer than we found it. Promote the hobby, don't trash it.
Yes, I always do my part to pick up plastic and garbage as I walk by it. And I dig 90% of the targets with my nox. The 10% I don't is because I'm too tired at the end of the hunt.
So Well Said RRF
It’s not as simple as you make out, our cognitive functions will automatically insist we are more aware in places that have the potential for physical harm, crossing the street, driving a car, trekking in the jungle etc, less aware when in places your animal brain assumes there is less chance of danger.
no one is intentionally is putting fish hooks everywhere in the sand to step on, there is MAYBE one fish hook or nail per 100 square feet . Now if you step in sand and your foot sinks into the loose sand a hook or nail will sink as well, so if i step on something sharp but there is no resistance than my foot its tougher and will push the hook into the sand further , only when the hook meets Resistance will it stab you, Basic Physics Now that being said if its a pissing contest hooks are safer in the sand then holes placed every few yards , all in all neither is safe, but detectorest have no clue in knowing one null from the next 
so to say we are leaving fish hooks & nails on purpose is just non sense so just quit, its not cool to leave trash nor is it cool to leave holes for public safety or for animal safety, we are in the eyes of the public at all times we have all seen many towns and city parks that have banned metal detecting 
and i bet you it all led back to someone not filling holes and or picking up and hauling out there trash . That being said think before you do stuff come on yall its not that hard 
Pick up the trash cover your holes and dont be rude to the public . ................P.S I've spent my whole life fishing and surfing along our coast and not once in my whole life have i got a fish hook or nail in my foot maybe about half a dozen stingray barbs but not one nail or fish hook 100% truth, But i learned one night dry sand hunting to fill in my holes the hard way, as a rookie before i made my little pretty grid patterns in the sand I dam near broke my leg falling in one of my own holes in the dark aimlessly walking around i looked up all mad like what the heck and who the heck, then i realized i just fell in a hole i dug a stupid beer can outta like 10 mins ago I was like wow man thats not safe didnt take me but all of maybe 3 trips to the sand to figure that out but hey i also am a fast learner for learning things the hard way 
