You keep your mouth shut because the state will probably find a way to take it from you, laws or no laws. Welcome to Amerika!
No, "technically" it is true. It's the law that's ridiculous. As for a permit, that is even more ridiculous. This is Florida, let me see you get a permit to remove a "historical artifact (as defined)" as a layman. I also agree with Tom and the "nobody is following you around" basis however, Jon was just stating the law on the books that's it. He didn't say "There's state appointed mathematicians that follow md'rs around on the beach, and in the state parks there, who jump out of the bushes, ...... calculator in hand ..... to do the math on the age of each coin you or I find". That is also ridiclous. If Tom would have just read and interpreted Jon's post correctly he wouldn't have had to go on one of his tirades about the law and common sense like he usually does. Instead like a deer in the headlights he lays in wait for threads like this just to post his "logic" as it applies to each concerning the law. Been at it for years on here. Nothing new. I think we all agree that there is no such thing as the "metal detector police" and (unless you are detecting the treasure beaches) there is no one watching you metal detect from a legal standpoint. The Florida law is what it is, says what it says, and that's it. Period.
Way too much information!
No, "technically" it is true. It's the law that's ridiculous. As for a permit, that is even more ridiculous. This is Florida, let me see you get a permit to remove a "historical artifact (as defined)" as a layman. I also agree with Tom and the "nobody is following you around" basis however, Jon was just stating the law on the books that's it. He didn't say "There's state appointed mathematicians that follow md'rs around on the beach, and in the state parks there, who jump out of the bushes, ...... calculator in hand ..... to do the math on the age of each coin you or I find". That is also ridiclous. If Tom would have just read and interpreted Jon's post correctly he wouldn't have had to go on one of his tirades about the law and common sense like he usually does. Instead like a deer in the headlights he lays in wait for threads like this just to post his "logic" as it applies to each concerning the law. Been at it for years on here. Nothing new. I think we all agree that there is no such thing as the "metal detector police" and (unless you are detecting the treasure beaches) there is no one watching you metal detect from a legal standpoint. The Florida law is what it is, says what it says, and that's it. Period.
Way too much information!
