Caught up with Old timer leaving large holes on Beach While Detecting

[Buried Crap NJ]

Last week I met this old timer digging 18 inch deep holes he had about 50 of them. Next to some holes was a piece of trash. I ask if he could just kick a little sand back in the hole. He told me no!
He's been doing it this way for 40 years! This week I pulled out the camera and he ran under the pier and out of site. Its no wonder we lose places to hunt. First time using this Video camera.Check out the video.

 

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[Smudge]

Wow, he's been doing it wrong for 40 years?

What a moron.

 

[DewGuru]

Last week I met this old timer digging 18 inch deep holes he had about 50 of them. Next to some holes was a piece of trash. I ask if he could just kick a little sand back in the hole. He told me no!
He's been doing it this way for 40 years! This week I pulled out the camera and he ran under the pier and out of site. Its no wonder we lose places to hunt. First time using this Video camera.Check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3437EtZD6cI

Should have slapped him in the chops, broke his machine, took his scoop and left. LOL!

 

[bootyhoundpa]

wow!!!! what a slob.... good news is if he was motivated enough to run when he saw the camera he just might think twice next time hes out hunting.....if not he will at least . spend a lot of time looking over his shoulder....

 

[Terrafisher]

Awesome! Wish you could have caught him on the video.

Sometimes a little exposure and some negative peer pressure does wonders towards changing people's habits.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I would take a video of him every time you see him, when he asks you why your taking his pictures tell him so you can show them to the police and post them on the web boards on how NOT to detect at the beach.....

 

[diggummup]

I would take a video of him every time you see him, when he asks you why your taking his pictures tell him so you can show them to the police and post them on the web boards on how NOT to detect at the beach.....

EXACTLY! What a P.O.S.!

 

[savant365]

Some people just didn't get beat enough as a child.

 

[Can Slaw]

I'll bet a pair of wire cutter on his coil cable would put a stop to that

 

[goodmore]

Holes on the beach are very easy to fill. I just don't get it. I'm thinking mentally ill. I hunt New jersey also. If I see him I'll let him know also.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

While I do believe that violence has its place, it's not in this hobby. We need to educate hunters to understand that times have changed. While twenty years ago we could have dug holes on the beach and left them for the next tide to fill, it doesn't work that way any longer. We share the beach with huge numbers of others. Fishing, surfers,joggers,shell collectors to just name a few. If we dig a hole at the high tide mark it takes 6hrs to go down and 6hrs to come back up! That's a potential 12hrs of broken legs. People now a days look for excuses to complaint or sue!
I did point this out to this man but to no avail? I even showed him that if he just stepped on the side it was more than enough to cover the hole. I will certainly keep on pointing my camera in his direction.

 

[gold nuggets]

I just had a thought that made me sick. What if he has
been doing it wrong for 40 years, is about ready to quit
detecting and wants to screw things up for everyone else
because he is a miserable, dispicable person. Get some video
of him in action and post it. What a P.O.S.!!
Gold Nuggets

 

[stevemc]

I cant believe he has been doing it like this for 40 years and no one told him to fill his holes and take out his trash. Or maybe they did and he keeps on doing it because he is lazy and doesnt care. Either way, he is a fool, and going to ruin it for a bunch of people. Is that vid at Atlantic City? I see a boardwalk or something in the back ground. Let the life guards know about him, I am sure they will do something about him.

 

[Sandman]

I would take a video of him every time you see him, when he asks you why your taking his pictures tell him so you can show them to the police and post them on the web boards on how NOT to detect at the beach.....

Some hunters just don't care about what the public says about us. He might think the holes will recover, but he is to lazy to take out his trash. Peer pressure is the best way to get to this guy. Everyone should be ready to take pictures of this activity everytime they see it.

However like the kids that play the music too loud, they don't read or use computers. A smack with a 2X4 over the head gets their attention.

 

[Texcam]

If you see him again call the police, he is a public nuisance. Not sure if the police will do anything to him but maybe they will.

Hopefully he will be a little more considerate next time he hunts.

 

[TexasDigger1]

Maybe the old fool was a Gopher in his before life, he is a real idiot.......

 

[mikeinOC1]

What a complete Ahole I don't know if I would be as diplomatic as you. It just makes me sick to the minefield this guy left. People like him are the types the ruin this hobby for everyone else. I am sure all us beach hunters see enough of how people trash the beaches without lame brains like this one making things worse for all.

Maybe you should scare him a little more with the injury/lawsuit angle . Tell him you twisted your ankle in one of his holes and are considering suing him. Not sure if one can file a suit against another private individual like that on public beach but hey if this guy is so ignorant about the right way to enjoy this hobby maybe he is ignorant about the law as well and that angle might get really get his attention. .... Or just knock him into one of his holes and bury him. Sorry all I couldn't resist that one. .. I guess you can tell it really infuritates me that people can behave in such a way.

 

[Craig-PI]

If you see him again call the police, he is a public nuisance. Not sure if the police will do anything to him but maybe they will.

Hopefully he will be a little more considerate next time he hunts.

I agree... a few years ago I came across a guy hunting the same way on a connecticut beach... I went up to him and told him someone could get hurt or break an ankle if they fell into one of his craters, he laughed at me told me to blank off... I moved away and pulled out my cell phone and called the police... I saw them pull up and came over to me and I pointed out the slob but also told the cop what I told the slob the reasoning to fill the holes... they kicked this guy out and the town pulled his permit to the towns beaches I was later told... he swore at me and I smiled and wished him a great day

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

I am not trying to be the Hole police. I would hope with support of others we can get to point across. I also don't like to include outside agencies like the police as this may have a negative affect on all treasure hunters. Its great to see that most support the poor behavior. I just hope that others stand up and say something when the see it happening. I also spend the time filling in holes that I find on the beach by others,just a quick step on the side to collapse it. I just hate when people look at me as if I did it. This guy isn't the only one I have seen leave holes, he just happens to be the guy who leaves the beach looking like a mine field!

 

[Can Slaw]

If you don't want to involve someone with authority, see if you can get his email address, then post it. That should be fun.