I dont agree with tresspassing or looting or the destruction of any historical property OR burial grounds, etc. either.
I also don't agree with these legistrative idiots who think they can control our every move in America and or, our FREEDOM and God given right to have, pursue and engauge in our hobby/s.
As many may agree, what right do THEY have to tell us that we can not use and or, dictate where/when and how, or, even out-law the use of a $1000.00+ machine that "WE buy/bought with our OWN hard earned money" that is made/sold here in America for leisurely use in OUR hobby?
And futher more, where do they get off trying to make US look like bad guys by doing so?
Also, whoever these idiots are that assign these "so called values" to the things we find, I believe they're so OVER BLOWN out of proportion that it's sickning and THEY deserve a good #%& kicking in my opinion!
When was the last time YOU found a rusty old nail or some god ugly 100 yr old coin, buckle, button, etc. so badly encrusted with crap on it that you could barely recognize what the hell it is and then, put it up for auction and sell/sold it for $400 or $500!?
Are these people OUT OF THEIR MINDS!?
I've sold coffee cans FULL of detector finds from years and years of hunting with anything and EVERYTHING you can imagine finding with a detector INCLUDING buttons, bullets, coins, tokens, etc. etc. etc. and guess what? $80 to $100 is the AVG. sale for something like that with 100s of items in the lot!
So, for these idiots to sit there and TELL the world that people in our hobby reap, pillage, plunder and steal the American public lands of "pick-up trucks full of old relics, etc. and sell individual items for $100s of dollars each- is nothing more than a CROCK OF BS IN MY BOOK"..
I'm sorry but,
when was the last time anyone HERE found a button or buckle, relic or coins, etc. etc. that were NOT rusted, corroded, bent, broken, falling apart, turning to dust OR just plain so unrecognizable that you couldn't even tell what it is/was and then, put it up for auction and sold it for $400 or $500!? And how many here have found PICK-UP TRUCKS FULL!?
GIVE ME A FREEKIN BREAK!!
Yeah right!! I'm just raking in the pick-up trucks FULL of relics, coins, tokens, buttons, buckles, etc. etc. and basking in the 100s of 1000s of dollars I make monthly from pillaging and plundering the lands (plus) the supply is never ending!!
Care to join me and split the profits anyone!?