Permission granted to hunt Boy Scout camp

[Gerryk2]

I was just told today that i can hunt a local Boy Scout camp. The property was purchased in 1965 and I believe the first summer camp was run in 1968. i believe it is still around 750 acres with about half of it used heavily year round. I approached the scout executive about our club detecting there and also providing a find it service for loat items. We are also going to work on introducing some of the scouts to metal detecting via coin collecting and collections merit badges.

This camp has never been detected before so I am sure there is a lot of trash. This should make the digger coil shine!

 

[Old Longhair]

Sounds like fun Gerry!
It won't take long and you'll be an expert on how neckerchief slides sound and ID.

 

[BillF]

Knock 'em dead, Gerry!
The coins and goodies, not the scouts.

 

[mapper65]

It won't take long and you'll be an expert on how neckerchief slides sound and ID.

HA!!! I was thinking the exact same thing as I read this post! I've thrown so many of those away over the years.

 

[team sidewinder]

My oldest coin, my first wheats, a Montana agate ring and my first silvers came from an old Boy Scout meeting area. Too bad that I have hunted it all out over the last several months but can rest assured that there is nothing left.
Good Luck.

 

[hotrod53]

I too have a collection of Boy Scout slides..LOL.

We're following the same path, I stopped at a Girl Scout camp last weekend where I knew there was an old stone foundation. I happened to catch the Ranger and asked him for permission. The camp being in West Virginia, and me being from PA, my Pittsburgh-ese must have given me away ... he wanted to know where I was from, his hillbilly protection radar obviously was up ..LOL. He told me that they had given permission once before and the detectorist was supposed to come back and show what he found, he never showed and had even given a fake phone number, apparently they tried to call him! He then told me that he had to ask permission from headquarters, I gave him my phone number, I guess if he calls he'll know I gave him a real number. He also threw out there "if you find something good, there is always that issue of who it rightfully belongs to". We parted with an official introduction and a good old man to man honest handshake, I think that he knew I was being honest with him and would follow thru with his requests. We'll see if I ever hear from him.

 

[Gerryk2]

I just talked to the aquatics director at this camp and he asked if I detected in water which I dont, telling me that the lifeguards found two gold rings this summer when putting things away.

 

[ryanchappell]

"if you find something good, there is always that issue of who it rightfully belongs to".

I'd tell him, if it is identifiable I will return it. If it is not identifiable then it goes into the $1 an hour I average finding while I pick up trash for a very riveting and fun hobby! The uninitiated just think we are finding gold ring after gold ring, it is your job to set them straight. To many of us have to satisfy our egos and make people think that we are finding treasure right and left!

 

[Tired Rooster]

"if you find something good, there is always that issue of who it rightfully belongs to".

I'd tell him, if it is identifiable I will return it. If it is not identifiable then it goes into the $1 an hour I average finding while I pick up trash for a very riveting and fun hobby! The uninitiated just think we are finding gold ring after gold ring, it is your job to set them straight. To many of us have to satisfy our egos and make people think that we are finding treasure right and left!

What ryanchappell said.............100%.

 

[MikeO]

One of my first hunts was when I was about 12 with my father at a Boy Scout camp he had went to as a kid. He had just bought our first detector so, we where both new to the hobby. I do remember him finding some silver quarters but, that is all I can remember. It makes me wonder if that camp is even still open as it was in another state.
Later I held my first club hunt at a local Boy Scout Camp. This was many years ago and had about 19 entrants attend.
I got support from two manufacturers who donated vests and hats one even donated a detector for the hunt.
It was a lot of fun and I met some great people. This camp had been established before 68 though so it produced some older digs.
What the best part was we invited all the local Scouts to get more interested in the hobby. Keep in mind this was long before the TV shows so, metal detecting wasn't popular and many kids had never even seen a detector or knew nothing of the hobby. They where amazed you could find money in the ground.
So, to sum it up you all should have a great time with many lasting memories.

 

[valeria]

Very nice, thanks for sharing it.