Frodov
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OH BOY! DID I FEEL FOOLISH! This is or was going to be the third hunt in one day, more than I've had in any one week in months! let alone in a single day. My wife and I just arrived at the park and she was settling in on a picnic bench as I began sweeping around some big trees and other tables. I hadn't had my detector on more than a minute or two when I hear shouting. Looking up I saw that there was a park ranger motioning me over to his vehicle. Park Ranger? Then it dawned on me.. this park was not just a local favorite.. it's a STATE Park. And the Ranger was telling me that I couldn't detect on the grounds due to the law that prohibits just that on historical sites and State Parks. Yeah.. I was blushing. Somehow or another my mind just lost that little bit of information back there in the old memory banks that Boonesborough Park is a "State Park". DUH!!!
Anyway, I talked with the ranger for a while and he was pretty cool about the whole deal as I readily identified myself providing Driver's license and even one of my cards that my wife made up for me and my new hobby. I'll have to put a picture of my card on here sometime. With my card in hand and finding that I wasn't wanted for anything and had no "priors" or anything.. no raiding of national archives or other historical sites. <grin> The ranger told me of another detector that he'd caught on numerous occasions and found out that he had been caught at other state parks as well.. as well as being a habitual felon, DUI, PI, Driving on suspended license.. etc etc. Said that that one guy gave all of us hobbyist a bad name. There's always that one bad apple isn't there?
Well my ranger buddy asked me what I was looking for and how often I get out to hunt, he suggested a City Park in the next town. A very LARGE City Park.. with seemingly dozens of baseball and softball fields complete with concession stands, and bleachers and lots of grass between them. Not to mention the soccer fields and their stands, Oh and a lake.. for fishing.. for FISH.. if I get tired of fishing for coins. <grin> I have been known to wet a line now and then. Getting directions to this park "Gibson Bay" or "Lake Reba" Park in Richmond Kentucky.. directions provided by our friendly ranger and his own map no less, my wife and I thanked him and headed off to Richmond.
It really IS a LARGE park! WOW! I was drooling at the prospects before I could even get the metal detector out of the trunk and get started. Within 15 feet of the car I found nearly a dollar in change, just in the little grass island in the parking lot!. I found quite a bit more clad before it just got to hot to bother digging anything else. I was pooped, but happy! It was a rather nice ending to what might have potentially been an ugly day because of my ignorance or at least my innocent mistake. <cringe>
Combined with the haul from the two earlier hunts today I made a pretty good little pile of change, and lots of other treasures.. Did I mention I found a cell phone? <grin>
Not a bad day! Not a bad day at all!
Frodov
HH one and all!
Anyway, I talked with the ranger for a while and he was pretty cool about the whole deal as I readily identified myself providing Driver's license and even one of my cards that my wife made up for me and my new hobby. I'll have to put a picture of my card on here sometime. With my card in hand and finding that I wasn't wanted for anything and had no "priors" or anything.. no raiding of national archives or other historical sites. <grin> The ranger told me of another detector that he'd caught on numerous occasions and found out that he had been caught at other state parks as well.. as well as being a habitual felon, DUI, PI, Driving on suspended license.. etc etc. Said that that one guy gave all of us hobbyist a bad name. There's always that one bad apple isn't there?
Well my ranger buddy asked me what I was looking for and how often I get out to hunt, he suggested a City Park in the next town. A very LARGE City Park.. with seemingly dozens of baseball and softball fields complete with concession stands, and bleachers and lots of grass between them. Not to mention the soccer fields and their stands, Oh and a lake.. for fishing.. for FISH.. if I get tired of fishing for coins. <grin> I have been known to wet a line now and then. Getting directions to this park "Gibson Bay" or "Lake Reba" Park in Richmond Kentucky.. directions provided by our friendly ranger and his own map no less, my wife and I thanked him and headed off to Richmond.
It really IS a LARGE park! WOW! I was drooling at the prospects before I could even get the metal detector out of the trunk and get started. Within 15 feet of the car I found nearly a dollar in change, just in the little grass island in the parking lot!. I found quite a bit more clad before it just got to hot to bother digging anything else. I was pooped, but happy! It was a rather nice ending to what might have potentially been an ugly day because of my ignorance or at least my innocent mistake. <cringe>
Combined with the haul from the two earlier hunts today I made a pretty good little pile of change, and lots of other treasures.. Did I mention I found a cell phone? <grin>
Not a bad day! Not a bad day at all!
Frodov
HH one and all!
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