deepsix47
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- Jul 26, 2006
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- Fisher Impulse, Fisher CZ-21, Minelab X-Terra 70
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The treasure beaches that stretch from Sebastian Inlet to just South of Ft Pierce Inlet offer us some remarkable MD'ing. We have the opportunity to actually find Spanish Treasure. Due to State Laws however we are required to follow certain rules they have established.
We are allowed legally to work from the Dune Line to the Low Tide Line. We are not allowed to go onto the Dunes or out into the water. Like it or not, it is the law. If we violate these laws we are subject to being arrested, our equipment confiscated and can receive heavy fines.
I don't necessarily like these laws as now my TH'ing on these beaches is confined to them but I do understand them. I have been on the other side of the coin. The Lease holders and their sub-contractors invest thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in their search for treasure. They do not want tresspassers taking what they have legally paid for the right to hunt for.
The Beach Patrols are out there to keep tresspassers from hunting treasure in the water, NOT on the beach. If they stop and tell you that you need to stay out of the water, you can do one of two things.
1) You can simply comply politely and come out of the water, listen quietly to any admonishment that is given, then both you and the patrol can go merely on your way.
2) You can give the guy a bad time in which case he will just get on his radio and call the local law in and let them deal with you. Should this happen you will in all likelyhood at least be cited. At worst, you can be arrested for tresspassing on the leases, your equipment confiscated, go to jail (and if you in anyway threatened the Beach Patrol additional charges will be added), and end up in Court where more jail time and heavy fines are VERY possible plus the loss of all of your equipment and what ever you may have found.
It is not a question of do I agree with these laws or not. I do however understand them as I have been on the opposite side of the coin. The Lease owners and their sub-contractors invest thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars into their treasure hunting ventures. Ask yourself, If you had that much invested in a legally sanctioned enterprise, would you want someone tresspassing and removing (stealing) from you
? I think not.
Yes, there is a lot of treasure out in the water yet to be found. There is also a tremendous amount of treasure left to be discovered on the beaches. The divers on the leases have the same basic problems that we do on the beaches. We are both held at bay by the greatest power there is, Mother Nature. We both depend on her whims to either "open the chest for us or close it".
There may be a lot of temptation to venture into the water or even up onto the Dunes but consider the possible consequences to both yourself and to TH'ers in general. Thats right, think about it. If there are enough violations and the local cops get tired of dealing with them, could they not just decide to pass ordinances that would keep us away from the beaches alltogether. It's been done on some of the beaches down south.
I'm no choir boy as anyone that knows me will tell you BUT it would seem to me personally that the risk of being arrested etc, out weighs what I MIGHT find a few feet out into the water. Although we are considering sub-contracting again, for now I'll be content to make the drive after a good storm and find what the ocean has left for me.
Just my opinion,
Deepsix
We are allowed legally to work from the Dune Line to the Low Tide Line. We are not allowed to go onto the Dunes or out into the water. Like it or not, it is the law. If we violate these laws we are subject to being arrested, our equipment confiscated and can receive heavy fines.
I don't necessarily like these laws as now my TH'ing on these beaches is confined to them but I do understand them. I have been on the other side of the coin. The Lease holders and their sub-contractors invest thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in their search for treasure. They do not want tresspassers taking what they have legally paid for the right to hunt for.
The Beach Patrols are out there to keep tresspassers from hunting treasure in the water, NOT on the beach. If they stop and tell you that you need to stay out of the water, you can do one of two things.
1) You can simply comply politely and come out of the water, listen quietly to any admonishment that is given, then both you and the patrol can go merely on your way.
OR
2) You can give the guy a bad time in which case he will just get on his radio and call the local law in and let them deal with you. Should this happen you will in all likelyhood at least be cited. At worst, you can be arrested for tresspassing on the leases, your equipment confiscated, go to jail (and if you in anyway threatened the Beach Patrol additional charges will be added), and end up in Court where more jail time and heavy fines are VERY possible plus the loss of all of your equipment and what ever you may have found.
It is not a question of do I agree with these laws or not. I do however understand them as I have been on the opposite side of the coin. The Lease owners and their sub-contractors invest thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars into their treasure hunting ventures. Ask yourself, If you had that much invested in a legally sanctioned enterprise, would you want someone tresspassing and removing (stealing) from you
? I think not.Yes, there is a lot of treasure out in the water yet to be found. There is also a tremendous amount of treasure left to be discovered on the beaches. The divers on the leases have the same basic problems that we do on the beaches. We are both held at bay by the greatest power there is, Mother Nature. We both depend on her whims to either "open the chest for us or close it".
There may be a lot of temptation to venture into the water or even up onto the Dunes but consider the possible consequences to both yourself and to TH'ers in general. Thats right, think about it. If there are enough violations and the local cops get tired of dealing with them, could they not just decide to pass ordinances that would keep us away from the beaches alltogether. It's been done on some of the beaches down south.
I'm no choir boy as anyone that knows me will tell you BUT it would seem to me personally that the risk of being arrested etc, out weighs what I MIGHT find a few feet out into the water. Although we are considering sub-contracting again, for now I'll be content to make the drive after a good storm and find what the ocean has left for me.
Just my opinion,
Deepsix
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