Zofchak
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What's the worst way to start a day of detecting? When you go to your favorite park and find out that they have closed the entire property to metal detecting! 
I live close to a city owned park and it's my "go to" place when I only have an hour or two to detect. I've been detecting it for the past 3 years and it's where I found my first silver coin, my first gold ring and my first class ring. Today I was super excited to finally get out detecting, only to be completely shattered when the groundskeeper informed me that they are no longer allowing metal detecting.. What?
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I briefly spoke to the manager of the park and he just made the rule change as of 3 days ago. I'm not sure that it has anything to do with the TV shows, but I would not doubt that it does, and I was not about to bring up the subject. The only good thing about it is that he seems to be open to allowing detecting if he can insure that detectorists won't be damaging the property. That's a tall order considering the rush of newbies that will be hitting the scene in the next few months. I'm going to work on a letter this weekend highlighting the positives of detecting (I've cleared buckets of glass and metal debris from the park over the years.) I'm also going to suggest a permit process to allow the park to keep tabs on those who may be doing damage. .
Now for the silver lining to my horrible day.
Since detecting is no longer allowed in my favorite park I hit up another spot a few miles down the road. I hunted the thick brush and in 3 hours scored 2 Silver Washingtons, 2 Mercs, a Silver War Nickel, 7 Wheaties and a Sterling Silver spoon. Not a bad hunt, but I could hardly enjoy it knowing that this may be my last chance to detect this park if the fallout continues. Happy hunting and enjoy it while you can!
I live close to a city owned park and it's my "go to" place when I only have an hour or two to detect. I've been detecting it for the past 3 years and it's where I found my first silver coin, my first gold ring and my first class ring. Today I was super excited to finally get out detecting, only to be completely shattered when the groundskeeper informed me that they are no longer allowing metal detecting.. What?
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I briefly spoke to the manager of the park and he just made the rule change as of 3 days ago. I'm not sure that it has anything to do with the TV shows, but I would not doubt that it does, and I was not about to bring up the subject. The only good thing about it is that he seems to be open to allowing detecting if he can insure that detectorists won't be damaging the property. That's a tall order considering the rush of newbies that will be hitting the scene in the next few months. I'm going to work on a letter this weekend highlighting the positives of detecting (I've cleared buckets of glass and metal debris from the park over the years.) I'm also going to suggest a permit process to allow the park to keep tabs on those who may be doing damage. .
Now for the silver lining to my horrible day.
Since detecting is no longer allowed in my favorite park I hit up another spot a few miles down the road. I hunted the thick brush and in 3 hours scored 2 Silver Washingtons, 2 Mercs, a Silver War Nickel, 7 Wheaties and a Sterling Silver spoon. Not a bad hunt, but I could hardly enjoy it knowing that this may be my last chance to detect this park if the fallout continues. Happy hunting and enjoy it while you can!Amazon Forum Fav 👍
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Rick Savage the wrestler is the star who supposedly owns a relic shop in Mechanicsville, VA 
on any of the TV shows...here in Ohio on our cable channel "Sprint" they have "American Diggers" another MDing show with a moronic drop-out crew alledgedly making money for people who allow them on their property....... 
