Eddie in Poulsbo
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Hi Larry,
Not sure what to make about your comment about staying on my side of the water. Sounds like a few idiots have ruined the basic fundamentals of retrieving any finds either by plugs or the slit method for everyone because they got sloppy and made a mess. I'm not very familiar with the laws of King county nor do I know if the same rules apply to Seattle parks. One other person said there were park rangers in the King county parks, but the only park rangers I know of are the ones in the state parks. I hate to say this, but if the day comes when all metal detecting comes down to only being able to use a probe and screwdriver then probably lots of fellows will just give up this hobby. It is just inconceivable for me to believe that a person can probe and use a screwdriver to pop a coin out of the ground that is say eight to ten inches deep and I would love for someone to show me how this is done and better yet being able to do this without damaging the coin. Maybe I can have you over to one of our club meetings sometime and have you demonstrate this technique. It appears the rules are very strict over on your side and I do understand the reasons why more and more counties and parks are coming down pretty hard on this wonderful hobby of ours and it will be a very sad day indeed when metal detecting will be outlawed completely for all of us. I hope that never happens, but the way things are going it is a very real possibility. Thanks for the tip and I will definitely check out the rules and regulations on the parks over there before I do any detecting in King county. HH.
Eddie
Not sure what to make about your comment about staying on my side of the water. Sounds like a few idiots have ruined the basic fundamentals of retrieving any finds either by plugs or the slit method for everyone because they got sloppy and made a mess. I'm not very familiar with the laws of King county nor do I know if the same rules apply to Seattle parks. One other person said there were park rangers in the King county parks, but the only park rangers I know of are the ones in the state parks. I hate to say this, but if the day comes when all metal detecting comes down to only being able to use a probe and screwdriver then probably lots of fellows will just give up this hobby. It is just inconceivable for me to believe that a person can probe and use a screwdriver to pop a coin out of the ground that is say eight to ten inches deep and I would love for someone to show me how this is done and better yet being able to do this without damaging the coin. Maybe I can have you over to one of our club meetings sometime and have you demonstrate this technique. It appears the rules are very strict over on your side and I do understand the reasons why more and more counties and parks are coming down pretty hard on this wonderful hobby of ours and it will be a very sad day indeed when metal detecting will be outlawed completely for all of us. I hope that never happens, but the way things are going it is a very real possibility. Thanks for the tip and I will definitely check out the rules and regulations on the parks over there before I do any detecting in King county. HH.
Eddie