Uncle Willy
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Was this her own written word or a copy of that particular ordinance?
Bill
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Question About Detecting in Parks
- Thread starter jakechiro
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Uncle Willy
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Yeah and the hint of a discrimination lawsuit would stand them on their ear if a precedent has already been established. They probably want to sell permits to hunt in your own public park.
Bill
Bill
Leslie(nova scotia)
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From the land of the Bluenose.....is a question that arises now and then. Leaving the place better then when arrived always help. Once park I do on a regualer basis even asked for donationsso that they could display the history of the place in the rental office. Doesnt cost anything to be polite and good luck sir!
Here is what the director of the park association where I am from said about detecting in their parks:
Thank you for your inquiry regarding use of a metal detector on park land. We appreciate your concern for cultural and natural resources within our parks, and wanted to share further with you the reasons for not granting permission for use of a metal detector.
All objects and materials found in a park belong to the public, and we cannot allow private individuals to remove public property. But the objects, or artifacts, are more than just pieces of metal. Something as simple as a nail could indicate the presence of a former house site and actually provide the date of construction based on the type of nail. A coin from the 1970s might tell an archeologist the last time a site was used and indicate that the soil had not been disturbed.
This last item is very important. Once a site is disturbed and objects are removed from the ground, they lose most of their significance, or their
Thank you for your inquiry regarding use of a metal detector on park land. We appreciate your concern for cultural and natural resources within our parks, and wanted to share further with you the reasons for not granting permission for use of a metal detector.
All objects and materials found in a park belong to the public, and we cannot allow private individuals to remove public property. But the objects, or artifacts, are more than just pieces of metal. Something as simple as a nail could indicate the presence of a former house site and actually provide the date of construction based on the type of nail. A coin from the 1970s might tell an archeologist the last time a site was used and indicate that the soil had not been disturbed.
This last item is very important. Once a site is disturbed and objects are removed from the ground, they lose most of their significance, or their
Uncle Willy
New member
That is the most boneheaded, educated idiot, Yuppie bureaucrat, piece of drivel I have ever heard. The Archies have gotten to these people and convinced them that all detectorists are the scourge of the earth, and being the morons they are they bought into it. You should get together with other detectorists, dealers, etc, and try to get that travesty changed. You are the "public" and you pay taxes like everyone else.
I'm glad I live in a civilized part of the country where freedom is a big issue and we have hundreds of parks and they are all free to detect in. That law needs to be changed as it is highly discriminatory. Sorry for you bud.
Bill
I'm glad I live in a civilized part of the country where freedom is a big issue and we have hundreds of parks and they are all free to detect in. That law needs to be changed as it is highly discriminatory. Sorry for you bud.
Bill
Ralph Bryant
New member
.....mind if I join ya ?
What a line of horse schit ! Digging up coins and removing them is going to drown out the natural habitat ? And "taking them out of context" ?????? The damn things were L.O.S.T. !!! The people who LOST THEM didn't have a clue what, when, or where BACK THEN, so what is so important about their "context" now ? And what about cutting down all those trees it takes to make the paper to print the money that this IDIOT gets paid for sitting around on his @$$ and "thinking" ?
But enough pussy-footing around. Are you sure you want to know what I REALLY think ?
Bill, I think you're being to easy on him old buddy !
Ralph
What a line of horse schit ! Digging up coins and removing them is going to drown out the natural habitat ? And "taking them out of context" ?????? The damn things were L.O.S.T. !!! The people who LOST THEM didn't have a clue what, when, or where BACK THEN, so what is so important about their "context" now ? And what about cutting down all those trees it takes to make the paper to print the money that this IDIOT gets paid for sitting around on his @$$ and "thinking" ?
But enough pussy-footing around. Are you sure you want to know what I REALLY think ?
Bill, I think you're being to easy on him old buddy !
Ralph
Uncle Willy
New member
I could have really done a number but didn't want to tarnish my nice guy image. HAAAA. Me and bureaucrats just don't jell and I've dealt with a ton of them. Most of them have the brain of an amoeba and couldn't find their way out of a paper bag with a flashlight and a guide dog. That drivel in that ordinance is a stark indication of their rambling imbecility. I think Alzheimers strikes their breed early on. 
Bill
Bill