hihosilver
Member
Do most of you get permission to hunt on public school property? If so, how did you go about getting that permission?
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hunting school yards, fields, property
- Thread starter hihosilver
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bob.oz
Active member
I would not try to hunt fields or private property with out the ok from the owner........schools around here are fenced like a prison. Getting permission to hunt them during the school year is not going to happen. I've gotten on some school grounds during the summer through custodians and grounds keepers. If your schools are not gate locked, go Sunday mornings or when school is out for the summer.
I pay taxes for that public school property so i consider hunting it fair game without permission unless its gated shut, there's a sign posted or i get kicked out.
Now this is IMPORTANT, the ONLY time i will hunt public school property is on a Sunday AND with no activity, preferably no one around especially a bunch of kids.
The stealthier, the low profile, the better.
Never had a problem except once years ago at a public hi school and right in the middle of finding a coin or two sometimes 3 or 4 every sqr. foot. I suspect kids were flinging their lunch money out the open windows. A caretaker spotted me and shouted to get out. No great loss, they were only surface/shallow clads.
In the majority of cases i think, school officials could care less.... unless you officially bring up the permission question.
Then you might get the OFFICIAL NO, now that you asked.
If you feel better asking permission go for it.
Now this is IMPORTANT, the ONLY time i will hunt public school property is on a Sunday AND with no activity, preferably no one around especially a bunch of kids.
The stealthier, the low profile, the better.
Never had a problem except once years ago at a public hi school and right in the middle of finding a coin or two sometimes 3 or 4 every sqr. foot. I suspect kids were flinging their lunch money out the open windows. A caretaker spotted me and shouted to get out. No great loss, they were only surface/shallow clads.
In the majority of cases i think, school officials could care less.... unless you officially bring up the permission question.
Then you might get the OFFICIAL NO, now that you asked.
If you feel better asking permission go for it.
Rainyday101
New member
I also hunt public property and agree with above. Early morning when there is no school. Don't attract attention to yourself. If you ask you will bring a big debate at the school board, they will assume the worst, then they will write a law to prohibit it.
Dig clean plugs. Put your removed dirt on a drop cloth. Massage the sod and brush any loose dirt away so that there is no sign of your digging. Don't try to excavate large deep iron targets on public property. Never take a shovel with you on public property- it sends the wrong message to anyone who sees you. Always pick up any trash. If someone questions you and sees you are picking up trash they will be happy.
Dig clean plugs. Put your removed dirt on a drop cloth. Massage the sod and brush any loose dirt away so that there is no sign of your digging. Don't try to excavate large deep iron targets on public property. Never take a shovel with you on public property- it sends the wrong message to anyone who sees you. Always pick up any trash. If someone questions you and sees you are picking up trash they will be happy.
Well there you have it on schools...RD, Ironsight, and Bob gave you the scoop...gotta go super early on Sundays, even in the summer, and get out of there by 10 am...dont bring a shovel of any sort if you can help it, just a screwdriver. Dress nice and dont smoke there if you can help it...its getting tougher and tougher every year to hunt school property...you will never get permission, so dont bother asking..unless you live in a little town and your brother is on the school board or something....do not even attempt it if theres a function or any other thing going on...so that leaves Sunday mornings early, and gone!.
I hunt the heck out of the snowpile zones in the parking areas when they melt and do right well...Mark is right, the new ones are built like prisons..but if you find an older middle school you can really rack up the clad! .
Mud
I hunt the heck out of the snowpile zones in the parking areas when they melt and do right well...Mark is right, the new ones are built like prisons..but if you find an older middle school you can really rack up the clad! .
Mud
good answers so far. They're right: No need to ask permission for public schools. Well, I mean, insofar as .... let's say ... you see that others can use the grounds when school's not in use (basketball, jog the track, fly a kite, etc...), then so too do I consider myself just as innocuous as anyone else's uses.
But as others are telling you: since detecting has admitted connotations (someone may think you're about to leave a mess, etc...) pick low traffic times. But I mean that's just common sense ANYWHERE, and not just schools. At no place can you waltz through the middle of ball games, traipse over beach-blankets, and be a sore-thumb nuisance.
Schools got hit hard back in the 1970s and '80s "silver rush" era. But sometimes today's machines will go a bit deeper to stratas not before reached
But as others are telling you: since detecting has admitted connotations (someone may think you're about to leave a mess, etc...) pick low traffic times. But I mean that's just common sense ANYWHERE, and not just schools. At no place can you waltz through the middle of ball games, traipse over beach-blankets, and be a sore-thumb nuisance.
Schools got hit hard back in the 1970s and '80s "silver rush" era. But sometimes today's machines will go a bit deeper to stratas not before reached
Toms right, back in the silver rush of the late 70's early 80's when the Hunt bros were taking silver up to 40 bucks/oz...every dang older school/public place got hunted hard...dont expect to find a virgin old silver bearing school...that would be a dream...you CAN nail a fortune in clad, and better yet, gold and silver jewelry...sure, you will pick up a straggler of a silver dime or Q somebody missed, but it is rare with no pattern to replicate..
Good thing is you know pretty fast if and when the place was last hunted, and how good it was worked, so you will know what target signals to key on, or just move to another spot...for instance, if you are getting a lot of midtone signals, ie; nickels, but few D or Q's...somebody local is highgrading often, BUT there might just be some gold in there..
One of those things...go and enjoy what you do, but really pay attention to what the area is telling you, and dont get seen by anybody, even though you are doing nothing wrong, who wants to debate somebody about public places or rights?
Mud
Good thing is you know pretty fast if and when the place was last hunted, and how good it was worked, so you will know what target signals to key on, or just move to another spot...for instance, if you are getting a lot of midtone signals, ie; nickels, but few D or Q's...somebody local is highgrading often, BUT there might just be some gold in there..
One of those things...go and enjoy what you do, but really pay attention to what the area is telling you, and dont get seen by anybody, even though you are doing nothing wrong, who wants to debate somebody about public places or rights?
Mud
I go about 6am on Saturday mornings or at night. Just found a Rosie, 3 wheaties and gold broach in front of a school 1/2 mile from my house. There once was a house sitting on corner of property that I've been researching on Historic Aerials and just decided to hit it for a quick check one night last week. Glad I did! I've been driving 120 miles to beach hunt looking for gold!
hihosilver
Member
Thank you so much for all the great replies and insights.
Paul
Paul