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graveyard hunting: yes or no?
- Thread starter fenian13
- Start date
I don't, never have and never will.
But I'm a little different than most here because I don't think there is anything morally wrong with hunting gravesites.
The items a dirt fisher would be looking for were dropped by the living, not buried with the dead.
You have to remember that going back 100 years more or less people didn't have the entertainment choices they do now.
No video games, computers, air conditioning, tv's or even radio. !00+ years ago most people didn't even have electricity or phones.
So it was an all day outing, a picnic, a party if you will, to go to the family plot and spend the day.
Hard as it is to understand today, going to the cemetery back then was not cause for somber and sorrow. But, just like today, anywhere people gather coins and other items are dropped and lost.
But...
Look at how upset and angry people on this forum get about hunting gravesites. And we are detectorists who know it is not graverobbing.
Then imagine a person who sees you detecting and doesn't know anything about the hobby. They may very well see you as a grave robber, digging up grandpa's casket and pulling out his gold teeth.
It's just not worth the bad P.R.
As someone else said, there are plenty of other places to detect.
But I'm a little different than most here because I don't think there is anything morally wrong with hunting gravesites.
The items a dirt fisher would be looking for were dropped by the living, not buried with the dead.
You have to remember that going back 100 years more or less people didn't have the entertainment choices they do now.
No video games, computers, air conditioning, tv's or even radio. !00+ years ago most people didn't even have electricity or phones.
So it was an all day outing, a picnic, a party if you will, to go to the family plot and spend the day.
Hard as it is to understand today, going to the cemetery back then was not cause for somber and sorrow. But, just like today, anywhere people gather coins and other items are dropped and lost.
But...
Look at how upset and angry people on this forum get about hunting gravesites. And we are detectorists who know it is not graverobbing.
Then imagine a person who sees you detecting and doesn't know anything about the hobby. They may very well see you as a grave robber, digging up grandpa's casket and pulling out his gold teeth.
It's just not worth the bad P.R.
As someone else said, there are plenty of other places to detect.
LittleJohn
Member
Neil said:
My feelings exactly!
This gets brought up on other sites also. I always say no, not in my life.
Heck I read a tale of a guy that was hunting in the woods one day and got a nice signal. Dug down and found a dog collar with the Leash and some bones near it. He re buried said objects and "shook" up left the woods, Beale.
Heck I read a tale of a guy that was hunting in the woods one day and got a nice signal. Dug down and found a dog collar with the Leash and some bones near it. He re buried said objects and "shook" up left the woods, Beale.
jordanls78
New member
I'm happy that I just came across this kind of topic today. I myself have thought about several times about metal detecting graveyards but today after reading this topic and the replies I'm getting a "No" on metal detecting graveyards. I'm a real life psychic medium and I use the handle name "psychicjordan" or "psychicjordan78" on 2 social networks and 1 spiritual network. I decided not to use my common handle name on Findmall.com because I didn't want to scare off people when I asked a question about metal detectors that I'm thinking about buying.
Here's a metal detecting story that I'd like to share with Findmall.com that I already posted onto social networks and the 1 spiritual network that I'm a member of and is relavant to the topic "Re: graveyard hunting: yes or no?":
"A long while later I didn't get a solid signal on anything anywhere so I went to my basic psychic level and asked "Please help me find something." and I was generally aiming that message to my spirit girlfriend and a few seconds later after asking that I got a solid signal on something buried in the ground. I used my office basket again and recovered a burnt metal tag with little piece of metal attached to it that looked like a string that was tied to something. This is written on the burnt metal tag: 1st line "07802", 2nd line "BENEDIOT-RETTEY", and 3rd line "CREMATORY". I thought gross but I was happy that my spirit friend's are showing me that they still care for me and they were happy to fulfill my request.
After getting back I told my mom what happened and she is scared to find out what the tag is from and thinks it's very weird. I spent my life trying to convince her what I can do and the strange abilities that I have but she still doesn't believe me. Oh well! At least I have friends watching over me who love me and continue to show me that they care about me and support me."
This is just the 2nd part of my blog and I only found 2 good targets that day and the other good target was a 25 cent US quarter that a guy flipped at me because he didn't know how I would recover it out of the beach sand and he told he "I got something for you!". I recovered it in 1 second with my sand recovery tool and him and the woman he was with were shocked at how fast I was.
Thanks for reading!
Jordan
Here's a metal detecting story that I'd like to share with Findmall.com that I already posted onto social networks and the 1 spiritual network that I'm a member of and is relavant to the topic "Re: graveyard hunting: yes or no?":
"A long while later I didn't get a solid signal on anything anywhere so I went to my basic psychic level and asked "Please help me find something." and I was generally aiming that message to my spirit girlfriend and a few seconds later after asking that I got a solid signal on something buried in the ground. I used my office basket again and recovered a burnt metal tag with little piece of metal attached to it that looked like a string that was tied to something. This is written on the burnt metal tag: 1st line "07802", 2nd line "BENEDIOT-RETTEY", and 3rd line "CREMATORY". I thought gross but I was happy that my spirit friend's are showing me that they still care for me and they were happy to fulfill my request.
After getting back I told my mom what happened and she is scared to find out what the tag is from and thinks it's very weird. I spent my life trying to convince her what I can do and the strange abilities that I have but she still doesn't believe me. Oh well! At least I have friends watching over me who love me and continue to show me that they care about me and support me."
This is just the 2nd part of my blog and I only found 2 good targets that day and the other good target was a 25 cent US quarter that a guy flipped at me because he didn't know how I would recover it out of the beach sand and he told he "I got something for you!". I recovered it in 1 second with my sand recovery tool and him and the woman he was with were shocked at how fast I was.
Thanks for reading!
Jordan
fowlercharles
Member
that topic will be found on the Metal Detecting Fourm, PAGE 9, 3rd post from top, June 15. You will be glad you read it!! Charlie.
To me,,, anyone who would consider doing it is just WRONG!!
All gravesites whether it be Probing Native American mounds, or Grave yards is definately WRONG....
I know of people here in East Texas that have probed burial mounds and treat it as a hobby and I think all people should be respected whatever their burial rights are....
My feelings on this are strongly against it!!
All gravesites whether it be Probing Native American mounds, or Grave yards is definately WRONG....
I know of people here in East Texas that have probed burial mounds and treat it as a hobby and I think all people should be respected whatever their burial rights are....
My feelings on this are strongly against it!!
Neil is right, this type of thought should never even come up in discussion with us as detectorist. Scully brought up the point ,"What if someone dug in your wife or childs gravesite?" Personally I'd wrap someones detector around their neck if I caught them probing/digging around my father's grave looking for a trinket. to fill their thrill. Take your detector and pawn it if that's the only place you can think of to hunt.Neil said:
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
I would never hunt in a grave yard.
Know of one a$#@!(* that does it and he'll pay the price if not this side it'll be the other !
Know of one a$#@!(* that does it and he'll pay the price if not this side it'll be the other !
There are new people joining the ranks who are just considering the question. Check the post by jordanls78 to see how this debate has changed someones opinion of graveyard digging.
That's why it can never hurt to discuss the issue. New people don't know what the general consensus is. They are inexperienced, just like we all were once.
That's why it can never hurt to discuss the issue. New people don't know what the general consensus is. They are inexperienced, just like we all were once.
You started this thread saying you wanted to get an idea of what others think on the subject..... then you say you don't care what the living think about the subject, but don't want to disrespect the spirits..... If you go back and count the number of posts against the subject matter you've brought up, I think you should have an answer to a seemingly easy question.( easy to most of us anyway) Evidently you have a dark side of yourself that would actually pocket a wedding band that someones spouse or family member burried over their loved ones gravesite or you wouldn't be trying to justify the thoughts of doing so. To me, hunting even the outskirts of a cemetary is wrong..... Maybe it's the way I was brought up... Actually showing some respect for the deceased and the areas thereof in which they're resting. The fact that this question is raised over and over is one reason I think I'd opt for crematiion with people like you wringing their hands , just looking for the right answer from someone to help you justify going ahead with something (I feel) you've probably already done. Not to mention it's BAD P.R. for the hobby we all love so much!!! I'M TRULY PLEASED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF POSTS AGAINST, IS HIGHER THAN YOU HOPED FOR!!....This is all I'm going to post on this morbid subject......But, I thank you Fenian13..... the only good thing that's come from this thread is the posts against the subject...... and now I know of one guy I should avoid dealing with.... have a nice life!!
fenian13 said:
I don't want to pick sides but you did make the original post fenian13 - Quote Just want to kick this around for the benefit of examining others viewpoints. To me it's a personal choice, like abortion. I don't do it, but only because I don't want to @#$%& off others who think it to be hallowed ground. I'm sure there are some goodies left by picnicking families tending graves. Those giant old shade trees in there look inviting. Is it hallowed ground or just some land full of "peanut shells" with the "peanut" long gone and unconcerned?fenian13 said:You talk alot of ---- Jay. I've never hunted in a graveyard but I'll just bet you are the one who would be salivating to dig if someone let you onto a national battlefield.
I see this same sort of question quite often on another forum I am active on, I don't care if you are a newbie or have been detecting for 50+ years, the answer is NO!!! Even if I was a newbie the thought of detecting such places would never come to my mind, I guess some people have no heart or respect. I have alot of so called "peanut shells" buried in graveyards around my area,many close friends relatives my Grandparents & my Dad. It probably wouldn't be pretty if I ever came across someone digging in any graveyard. My thoughts are that you two fellas fenian13 & Jay should shake hands and then close this thread. I am sure you both are a couple of good guys that are getting alittle heated up towards each other over a sensitive question and a question that never should of been asked in the first place. Steve.