the recovery can be fairly quick with practice and maybe the extra added aid of a good electronic probe, if the soil conditions allow.
Who on earth would be game ever queistion or argue with us or acuse us of digging a hole that might damage, when using best practices and teqnique and with tools that like that.(Expect there to be anyway.)
Nothing there in those implements/tools, looks anything like it would do more than than just simply be something you could poke into the grass. Given the fact that this is what they are for, then it might be said that you are a "moonlighting surgeon". looking for extra work and practising low intrusive surgery...........on the dirt through the grass. Honestly, if someone is going to ask such a dumb question then maybe, as a last, resort give this one. Telling them that you are practising for retrieving UXB or UXO works well in getting their attention. Just don't suggest the existance of any where you are looking because that opens up another big can of worms.
Minimal amount of fuss and almost no visiual disturbance.
The very actions of using such tools in itself indicates that , as a metal detectorist, YOU DO CARE and are not being too selfish.
In actual fact, it could be easily said that the retrievel actions needed to get the buried object, would actually benefit the grass if anything.If this is not a valid point then they should kill of the worms that are there.
Now all we need is a uniform that looks like that of a medical surgeon. Offer cheap brain surgery to the idiot who would dare challenge one on this target retrieval method and/or "digging" technique simply because it looks intrusive.
Power to the "lowest intrusion target retrieval brigade" that will help to ensure tolerence of metal detecting in public parks for years to come. If it looks like you've never been then it will NEVER be a big problem to many at all.
I still have my Lesche and various other digging implements but they need to be used with dicretion.
Hard Nosed Dave
