CW(SC) said:
That a large knife or hand digger raggs out the grass and causes a destructive mess to the well kept lawns, the key is a sharp downward thrust all with just one motion,i am working on the video with the parks department head to show you guys what is happening here.It is time to do what is right,not to do what we know is not right.The parks department and surrounding communities know we are digging,there is no reason to hide with a large knife any longer,for this is nothing but antiquated thinking.We need to move fast with this,because if we keep ragging out these parks with these hand diggers we are done.CW:
You have got to be kidding me!
Your going to show us how its done!
Its not the people that tend to the park that is the problem! (Somewhere along in here is where you don't get it)
It's the general public that's the main problem, its the people that live around and hang out in the public parks that's the problem!
They see several people digging large holes in the park with shovels and they complain!
They call the police!
They police come and tell us, people are complaining about the park getting dug up!
The police then will to keep peace tell you (us) that your not really breaking any laws, but for them to serve the community around the park and keep the masses happy, you need to move on somewhere else.
You have already got the general consensus here, "Large Digging Tools In Public Parks Is A Bad Idea"
And it doesn't matter how good of a hole you can dig with that long handled shovel of yours, "Its Still A Bad Idea"
It draws to much bad attention to the hobby to use them in public places like parks!
Post after post that gets started here you chime in and turn it around in a way to lobby us towards your great idea of "Relic Shovels" and "backhoe's" is the best way to retrieve a 1972 Washington quarter that's 4" deep in our local city parks?
You have gone way out of your way to claim that that "Monster Relic Shovel" of yours leaves a cleaner dig on a 3" Memorial Penny" then popping it out with an ice pick?
Its a relic shovel! its not meant for use in public parks!
Now, seeing how the problem isn't with the ground keepers of the parks it with the local general public why don't you spend your time making those video's and working to soften the general public's view of metal detecting? that would really help us, here your fighting a losing battle.
To many here have learned by hard knocks that its best to keep a low profile!
Be nice to the locals, even helpful if you can!
And No One Has Ever Been Shot By The Police Because They Had A Soil Knife Digging A Plug In A Park! (That was an off the wall comment you made in another post. You would have to be brandishing it as a weapon)
Now, this post was started by someone else, now you've hi-jacked it in another direction to serve your cause of "Everyone Throw Your Small Hand Diggers In The Trash And Get A Relic Shovel"
It's Better!
Its A Cleaner Dig!
Its Makes the Grass Grow Better!
You have more than once made your stand on your "Great Shovel" right?
You've already gotten the overall consensus here about the use of that "Great Shovel" of yours.
Why can't you just let it go?
Why turn (Hi-Jack) most of the threads started by others into your own personal agenda?
A thread can be moving along and being productive and you just have turn in into a campaign for "Use A Relic Shovel In Public Parks" and then a stink starts and a Moderator or forum Admin has to shut the thread down.
Give it up!
Move on!
Everyone here knows your view of the "Great Relic Shovel" Its been debated, you've expressed your view in a number of post, the ones that agree with you have told you so! those that do not have told you so and told you why!
It would seem to me that you are spinning your wheels in the mud and not getting anywhere in your "campaign" here to make any digging tool other than the "Great Relic Shovel" illegal in public parks.
Can you stay on topic or not?
Go back to the title post and look at the question again.
Critterhunter Ask said:
"Dormant Brown Grass Being Better To Dig Plugs In?"
And My Digging Tools Of Choice For Most All Places!