Permission denied to a privately owned 18th century historical site

[GKMan]

Why? Not because I didn't ask right, or have the right connections (which I most definitely do) but because the first and last guy that the owner allowed to detect there dropped a cigarette butt which caught the grass on fire which then burned down one of his barns...


Please be careful out there smokers....

 

[ironsight]

Holy smokes!!

If it ain't detectorists tearing up park lawns, its detectorists burning down the place.
This is the first time i heard of this type of refuse permission excuse.

 

[TrpnBils]

I got turned down a few weeks ago by an older couple because 20 years ago some "other teenagers" snuck onto the property and set their shed on fire....I'm 31.

 

[GKMan]

Some things aren't easily forgotten...

 

[Connecticut Lovejoy]

I feel sorry for the owner who buildings burn down.