Metal Detecting Banned in Cook County's Forest Preserves

		Quote:			Posted by Poseidon-Jim
	Many times, they know that somethings there to find, so they block us from finding it....

Yes, they probably want to keep all the pulltabs and bottle caps and the tons of trash that nobody cares to take home after having fun in the woods. Yes, we take with us coins, jewelry, and other good stuff, but we also carry the trash we find, which is a lot!

Posted on: June 13, 2012, 02:47:49 PM

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		Quote:			Posted by seldom
	Yes the politicians are making the rules but they are doing so based on info supplied by the archeologist. historians and special interest groups.

Those special groups are indeed misleading the politicians with flawed arguments that persuade them to take drastic decisions. That is ridiculous.  . Anyways, this summer I'll be detecting beaches and parks in Chicago, and the woods at Rockford, IL. It's time to get out of the Chicago area woods. 

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		Quote:			Posted by seldom
	I agree but until we are able to show our side in a professorial matter we will be on the outside

Sometimes I really miss the FDMAC. To all interested parties, the GPAA can help. If any of you are a member, write to them and let them know what's going on.

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		Quote:			Posted by Occassionally
	There is so much out there, I dont get too concerned about one spot.

I had a similar situation in which my wife and I were expelled from our own neighborhood's park by a police officer. She thought that park users would be scared of me and my wife digging and swinging strange machines. Yes, I've had the police called a few times, but she was the only one asking me to leave "to do my thing somewhere else." Anyways, it is not really about a particular spot, but about the action of banning our hobby here and there as opposed to a fair regulation. Soon, we won't be able to do it anywhere. I'll miss my honey holes in the woods, but that won't stop me from doing what I love "somewhere else."

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		Quote:			Posted by BitburgAggie_7377
	Bottom line, though, if we don't individually and collectively do what we can to both protect and promote our hobby, we can't count on anyone else doing it for us....Most of us are good at promoting the hobby to friends and neighbors, now we have to work at protecting it too.

As cold as my next comment may seem, it's the truth.

Complaining here is like screaming into an empty milk carton. Don't waste your time griping here where everyone pretty much agrees with you. Instead, act.

Write a letter. Write 10 of them. Get some friends together to call your representatives. Invite your local member of congress or state representative to see what you find on a typical outing. Be sure to have them note that the trash pile is 20 or more times bigger than any keepers you might find. Remind them that you are doing a public service while enjoying your leisure time. Ask them when it was that they last collected a couple of pounds of sharp, dangerous scrap metal and had fun doing it.

You all know what to say. You live this hobby just like we all do.

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Please all interested should fill this survey out and add metal detecting anywhere there is a chance to add others and make a comment in favor of the hobby. 

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