kking
Junior Member
Who at the City would you need to get permission from to detect on a city owned piece of land? Im not talking a park or some other public use area. I see a piece of land on my way to work everyday with an old abandoned small farmhouse, stables, and other out buildings on it, falling down and in disrepair. There is a driveway leading into the lot but a gate has been put up preventing vehicle access with a sign on it saying "no hunting". When I did a property search, it came back that the City owns that whole area. Maybe part of future open space project or something because it is in a rural, undeveloped part of town. A few acres away from there is a water treatment plant and the land around that is owned by the power authority but this 5 acres or so is owned by the city.
Then I got to thinking, who could give me permission? Who gives me my best bet at getting a yes? I thought of maybe going and talking to the local city historical society first and asking them if I got permission, would they be interested in my finds of historical importance, then approach the city with "hey, could I get permission to detect there? I have been talking to the historical society and they would be interested in artifacts I retrieve, etc...."
Then I got to thinking, who could give me permission? Who gives me my best bet at getting a yes? I thought of maybe going and talking to the local city historical society first and asking them if I got permission, would they be interested in my finds of historical importance, then approach the city with "hey, could I get permission to detect there? I have been talking to the historical society and they would be interested in artifacts I retrieve, etc...."