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FILL IN YOUR HOLES !!!

On the dry sand, yes, I fill my holes (just knock some sand back in). And on the wet sand, in the inter-tidal zone, yes I fill my holes there too: 2x p/day, at high tide, presto, holes filled. I know this is controversial, and I confess to not having read all the posts on this thread. But ......... in my 30+ yrs. of beach hunting, I've only had 2 times of someone saying something. But on the other hand, given enough years in this hobby, I'm sure we've ALL heard gripes for SOMETHING. Heck, one time I even had a lady gripe to me that my metal detector was bothering her dog! I think she thought it was emitting some sort of sound wave, or frequency, that only dogs could hear? :confused: :rolleyes:
 
Children will never be banned from digging in the sand. But you let one city official or a friend or family member of a city council member step in a hunter's sand hole. Chances are it will be brought up at a monthly meeting and then a motion will be made to ban all metal detecting on public beach's. Virginia Beach Va. is famous for making up laws at the ocean front just to please the hotel owners on the strip. Though they say it's for the good of the community. " BS"
Please fill in your holes, it's just a good habit.

HH
Ken
 
People don't look at little kids on the beach to give them a hard time. However, the truth is, there are always people who want to shut down metal detecting. Therefore, we have to keep our image pristine so no one has the opportunity to complain. Plus it's just the Right thing to do. Fill in your holes.
 
NO, I'm not at all calling you a child. You mentioned that kids leave holes all the time like that gave us metal deectorist the right to do the same. My question was are you a child with the answer being NO you are not. We're all adults so let's act like one and fill in our holes. It's not hard.
 
I hunt a beach here in Delaware more commonly know as coin beach. Only live a couple of miles away. Everybody here and in the surrounding states hunt this beach hoping to find a shipwreck coin. I can honestly say that I rarely come across a hole that's not been filled in. This a state park drive on beach, not a life guarded swimming beach. I was once down in OC and was recovering a target, didn't realize I was being watched. The guy came up to me and thanked me for filling in my hole. Turned out he was a club president from the Annapolis area and invited me to one of there next club hunts. You never know who is watching is the moral to my story.
 
Please fill in the holes you dig. It only takes a second this will save our beaches form being closed to detecting.
 
I always refill the holes I dig. It's a common courtesy for others who are using the beach. It's not a big deal, it simply makes sense. The only time I don't fill in a hole is when I an right at the waterline with an incoming tide. Those holes will be filled right away and not over the next several hours. I think if we think about other people instead of just our own desire to see what's in that hole, refilling just makes sense and protects the area for the next detectorist.

If I am digging in a park or someone who has been kind enough to let me into their yard to detect, refilling the hole is mandatory.
 
It is simple. Everytime we step on public property we have a responsibility to take better care of it than the last person did. That means filling in your holes, picking up trash left by others, and if necessary filling in the holes others have left. The public eye is always on all of us and our actions create the good will we need to keep our hobby from being completely outlawed. The hole you leave just might be the last straw needed for local officials to close a beach. If you enjoy detecting, then you should be willing to do everything necessary to continue. Besides filling in your holes is good exercise.
 
n/t
 
Good point about filling them in water too. We try to do that as well, because if you've left deep holes in the water, and if somebody is just wading not wanting to get their chest or head wet or something, and they end up splashing in, could be trouble. Besides, some people who don't know how to swim go into a panic mode when they feel they are too deep. Seem my sister almost die from that years ago, due to her friend freaking out and grabbing her frantically as they both went under water. My sister was dumb enough to carry her friend on her shoulders, and then when she set her down in only about chest deep water, the girl flipped out and they both almost drowned.

So fill your water holes too. Just because you can't see them don't mean they aren't there, and if people end up complaining then guess what is prone to happen?
 
"So fill your water holes too." Critter.

The beaches where I hunt are mostly family beaches with lots of small kids and unless I'm way out away from shore I make an effort to level off the bottom where I have dug a hole.

The large stones that litter much of the bottom in some of these areas are used as "fill" and removed from where they might bruise a dainty toe!!:thumbup:

CJ
 
Maybe we should NOT fill our holes! Maybe it would be of some educational service to the general public to pay attention to where they are walking!
Just think of how many lives we could save if we trained them to be aware of their surroundings...instead of wandering around talking or texting, completely unaware of what holes may lay ahead...if we could save just one dumb kid from falling through an uncovered manhole, wouldn't it be worth it? Maybe even some reporter would do an interview with one of us, extoling the virtues of our sport, educating the public to pay attention, etc. or even get the CNN Hero of the Year award? Really, I want to see 4 more pages of dialog to get me through Feb is all..:rofl:
Mud
 
How do you fill in holes in the water? After sifting out your scoop in chest deep water, how would you fill in your holes? I've never seen water hunters do this, self included, and I've hunted areas that has had several hunters........
 
I can agree with filling holes on the dry beach and always do. Close to the water the wet sand slumps back in and fills the hole in just a few minutes. Where the waves are lapping the shore the hole fills in as you dig if you are not quick. Some people watch detectorists like hawks and can't wait to complain yet do nothing about all the garbage like cig butts, pulltabs, screw tops, broken glass, boards with nails protuding..etc..not to mention the dog crap and the bums lurking on the beach. I see people swimming at closed beaches all the time and even see nude swimmers that like to jog up and down the beach after ..no one says a word about all that but leave a little hole and watch out!!! I see cops on the boardwalk all the time and have yet to see them tell someone to fill in a hole...If you want to cultivate goodwill with the public then maybe you should get your local detecting club to organize a day of beach cleaning..
 
John(Tx) said:
How do you fill in holes in the water? After sifting out your scoop in chest deep water, how would you fill in your holes? I've never seen water hunters do this, self included, and I've hunted areas that has had several hunters........
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Hunting where the bottom is deep sand it likely wouldn't make much sense to even think of filling such a hole, but most places where I hunt have a bottom that largely consists of various sizes of stone (Some as large as basket balls.) and there is little sand to re-fill the holes.

I usually kick the edges into the hole and fill with stones sometimes leaving the bottom in better shape than when I started digging!

The sand is usually deeper away from the area near the waters edge here and I don't worry about filling holes in chest deep water.

CJ
 
Well to be clear I don't fill in holes in the water if they are 1 scoopers unless there are small kids around. If you are real deep than that is problematic too. But most holes that need to shallowed out can be at least partially filled in. Cave in the sides, my favorite is simply pulling the material around the sides into the hole, if you've dug a solid chunk pull it back into the hole. After all the purpose in only to not have other folks get hurt. Not looking for perfection, just fill in the holes some so there is not a sudden drop. Water action will take care hole pretty quickly.
 
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