Dectectors Involved in Looting Civil War Battlefield

[berryman]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/us/petersburg-battlefield-looting/index.html

 

[Keith @ Port Hudson]

SCUMBAGS HOPE THEY GET CAUGHT

 

[Irvin D Burke]

I lived in the Richmond area 20years or more , there were always someone slipping onto battlefield parks . If they would have organized hunts like some states do it would reduce the lure. Of course there would be some outlaws that would still try . Most hunt to sell what they find.

 

[doc holiday232]

The last time the park police,of Vince Foster fame,reported "vandalism" it turned out to be critters. Since Nothing else has been said by these guvmint drones one has to "wunder".

 

[CSA GHOST]

What should bother all of you besides the fact that it is a criminal offense to metal detecting in a National Park, is comments like: "large number of excavated pits," (leads one to believe there were giant excavations going on, but then they admit they were "several inches deep, and left open."). " likely would have used a metal detector and a digging tool."....duh, you think? "Civil War relics, including uniform buttons, rifle parts and other metallic battlefield items, regularly show up on Internet auction sites." "The park service says looting a federal battlefield is a crime." Yes it is but notice the word "Looting." Bad thought in a non detecting persons mind...if you metal detect, you might be a looter. My point is the language. If you surface hunt arrowheads on private property with permission, you might be associated with "grave robbers, pot hunters and worse; a looter." Same applies to metal detecting. Committing a crime with a metal detector jeopardizes all of us, as it's an easy way to deny permission. As always, leave it to the authorities to name call and the media to enhance the story.

 

[doc holiday232]

Well, no more "detectors involved" the park police must be investigating the Email hackers. LOL