Monday, 10 October 2011

Single Silver Shilling

After a short morning hunt at park #2 (found a couple half pennys and pennys, along with half of the 1c/2c in the picture below), I then swung by another place that I've been wanting to try for a while. A gate was open this time, so i drove myself in, asked the grounds keeper (mowing the grass in a tractor) if it was alright, and as far as he knew at that time - it was. So, i spent about an hour and a half, and plucked out the goldies, solo silver, along with the rest of the pennys and 1c/2c's from a 50m by 20m area. Found out after i finished, im not actually allowed to MD there. I'll look into it further tho, cause i thought the reasons given were BS! ;)





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  1. Metal Kiwi10 October 2011 at 15:02

    WTG on the goldies Ash.
    Good luck with the permission. I think some people don't realise just how low impact metal detecting can be when done well.

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  2. Ash_T10 October 2011 at 15:24

    I agree with that! Most times we leave areas better off than they were beforehand. I plan to find out where and when the next committee meeting is being held and turn up with a bag of trash i pulled out of the area.

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  3. Metal Kiwi10 October 2011 at 15:54

    Problem can be of course that if it is private or non public land you may not even get a reason why not, so good luck. :-)

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  4. Ash_T10 October 2011 at 16:22

    Well - lol - little update - Found the phone number to the secretary. Turns out to be the same person who answered my last 2 calls - haha. She got a little stroppy when i asked if Metal Detecting the area had been properly put forward to the committee. In the end, I've now returned the rubbish i pulled outta their grounds, and wont be back MDing there again...Onto the next one! lol ;)

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  5. Anonymous10 October 2011 at 18:39

    Bummer about loosing the site, but at least you managed to grab some finds before hand!

    My thoughts are that if it is council or govt owned land where people have free access to then it is Ok to MD. Problem with asking permission for these sorts of places is that in most cases the person you are asking will play it safe and simply say no as it is the easiest option for them.

    I know that technically we can't MD in any Auckland City Council park because digging out the finds disturbs the plant life (even if it doesn't leave a dead spot)and there is clause in the by laws about disturbing plant life. In reality most council workers wouldn't even give it a second thought. But some office worker that is asked??? It would be the same for any large organisation.

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