Rookies or people not caring

[cintisteve]

My hunt today was in area previously hunted by someone who didn’t fill their holes in. I don’t think one hole was filled in. There were lots of holes/

 

[DWerk]

Good finds, those before you were to eager to get a quarter in the bag before those that detect as you do arrived.... Their only objective is to get home and post/show their great finds.. Someday they will learn or will just give up the hobby. (We Hope)

 

[fwcrawford]

Now with school over, this could be kids doing this too.
I ran up on a similar situation some years ago right after Christmas.
I figured a kid got a detector as a present and took it out to try it.
It must not have suited him, because I never saw any more sign afterwards or since.

 

[crystalphoto]

If they are old enough to carry a shovel, they are old enough to fill the holes... teach them young, they will teach others...

 

[Picketwire]

It could also be skunks! They eat grubs and don't cover their holes.

 

[Ism]

I saw the same in a soccer park I frequent. Nothing infuriates me more than seeing the real potential of losing a site to detect.
I've often wondered why detector mfg.'s never include instructions for proper target retrieval.
After all, their industry relies on the availability of locations to the end user. Once that dries up, so does their industry.

 

[Ism]

It could also be skunks! They eat grubs and don't cover their holes.

Skunks don't leave the discarded metal trash they dug next to the hole. However, some nocturnal animals will re-dig a detectorist's plug overnight.
Not sure why, maybe they smell something or think another animal buried food.
I know this because I've had it done to me.

 

[Odanscoils]

I saw the same in a soccer park I frequent. Nothing infuriates me more than seeing the real potential of losing a site to detect.
I've often wondered why detector mfg.'s never include instructions for proper target retrieval.
After all, their industry relies on the availability of locations to the end user. Once that dries up, so does their industry.

Garrett did for years.

 

[fwcrawford]

Garrett did for years.

Tesoro did too!

 

[Ism]

Tesoro did too!

I have a Tesoro I purchased some 30 years ago. Guess I should have checked the manual before making a blanket statement.
Thanks to both of you for correcting me, it makes me happy I'm at least partially wrong on that point.