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| October 2020 | Metal Detecting Hobby Talk News Brief Volume 11 Number 127 |
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Support The Hobby I would like to point out to the News Brief readers that there are a number of organizations taking on the challenge against various types of legislation dealing with metal detecting and gold prospecting. MDHTALK's recommendation is to visit their website and give strong consideration to joining the fight. In some cases your support may be to send emails and / or write a letter to specific legislators or to provide funds to help with the fight. Here are the organizations and a link to their website. |
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What is a News Brief? The news brief provides a brief look into any news event. The intent of the news brief is to provide you, the reader, with news clips on what was taking place in the hobby last month. To read the whole story select the Article Link or go to MDHTALK.org. There are more news stories placed on the MDHTALK website for September the news stories listed in the MDHTALK News Brief are just a portion of all the hobby related news reported the past month. The news Brief is now available in Adobe PDF format, there is a link at the top of this webpage. The news brief is no longer emailed; it is only available on the MDHTALK website and can be downloaded. The Website's featured article for this month is: Where is it Legal to Metal Detect? Download To Read the Complete Article This question should be easy to answer but that is not the case. There are no uniform state laws or regulations across the fifty states or are there uniform municipal codes for the many thousands of cities and counties in the U.S. One way to get a handle on laws and regulations for your area is to join a local metal detecting or gold prospecting club. These clubs will usually know what the local law and regulation situation is for the hobby. So lets take one section of the U.S. at a time and try to find some answers. National. There are a number of federal acts that control what can or can not be done on federal properties. These acts are the:
The 1906 and the 1997 acts have an impact on the National Park System, National Monuments, National Sea Shore Beaches, Civil & Revolutionary War Battlefields, and to some extend on Native American lands. These acts indirectly make metal detecting illegal in any of these places. If caught metal detecting or have a detector in your possession while on any of these protected places it can be a felony with tough penalties. A typical statement on a National Monument websites is: Metal detectors are strictly prohibited on park grounds. Relic hunting by the use of metal detectors or other means is prohibited and violators will be prosecuted. Park rangers enforce a number of federal regulations in the park, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36 (36 CFR), and the United States Code, Titles 16, 18 and 21.Within 36 CFR, park superintendents are granted the right to make park-specific regulations. 36 CFR 2.1 (7) Possessing or using a mineral or metal detector, magnetometer, side scan sonar, other metal detecting device, or sub-bottom profiler. |
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Jamestown Beach metal detecting ordinance changed, beekeeping OK’d for
residential areas of James City County. By David Macaulay, Virginia Gazette Article Link James City County’s Board of Supervisors backed tighter restrictions on metal detection on Jamestown Beach Tuesday but allowed an extension of beekeeping in the county. JJohn Carnifax, Parks and Recreation director, said the county amended its code in January to allow metal detection in areas he designated. He said the previous law stated “no metal detecting for any reason on any county park.” Carnifax said the relaxation of the regulation sparked concern in the community. The county set up a public meeting on Feb. 6 that attracted 33 people. “The majority of the folks in attendance were opposed to the ordinance the way it was written,” he said. The people at the meeting thought the change was too broad and gave the director too much authority to allow metal detecting, Carnifax said. Carnifax said he received requests in the past from metal detectorists who wanted to use Jamestown Beach. On Tuesday, he presented an amended ordinance that would only allow approved metal detecting activities under the “direct supervision of James City County staff or a qualified archaeologist as defined in the James City County Archaeological policy.” The guidelines affect metal detecting on the sandy, man-made beach portion of Jamestown Beach Event Park between October and April. The Parks and Recreation Director said he was only aware of four people who were metal detecting on the beach before it was no longer allowed in April 2020. He said the metal detectorists sent him pictures of items they found; most of the items were debris, trash and coins. Archaeologist Ethel Eaton told the public hearing she supported the amendment, “The concern for Jamestown Beach is it is within a listed archaeological district,” she said. Eaton warned digging has the potential to disturb important sites. She conceded some metal detection is necessary for areas like playgrounds to find dangerous items. Supervisor Ruth Larson said she was aware of the pressure to allow metal detection on the beach. She questioned whether county staff would be available to police metal detecting. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to restrict metal detecting. |
Mark Schuessler, FMDAC President Attention to all. The City of Fairfax, VA is drafting an ordinance to prohibit metal detecting on all city property. The actual written ordinance is not published as of today. Here is a web link to the work meeting. Sounds like they no idea what they are actually talking about. Please listen to it and then contact the members. you can find them at this web link. In the video they state that a public hearing will be later this month. I am guessing that it will be via internet. If so then many can "attend" Do not know if anyone outside the city will be able to "attend" or speak. We need to educate these people. Please be polite but firm. They have this idea that everyone is digging up all kinds of historical treasures. I would ask them exactly what they think those treasures are? Mostly clad coins and a mountain of trash! Facebook Link to Article Public Notice No. 5513 The Town of Lusk will have the third and final reading of the following Ordinances at their regular Council Meeting on October 6, 2020. They are as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 6-20-100, An Ordinance Prohibiting Metal Detecting and Digging or Probing the Ground on Public Property within the Town of Lusk, Wyoming. Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the Town of Lusk, Wyoming: Section One: a new Chapter 16 in Title 6 of the Lusk Municipal Code entitled “Metal Detecting and disturbing Public Property” is enacted and shall be inserted into the Lusk Municipal Code upon passage as follows: 6-16-100. Metal Detecting and digging, probing, or otherwise disturbing the ground on public property prohibited. It is declared unlawful for any person or persons to enter upon public property within the limits of the Town of Lusk, Wyoming for the purpose of using a metal detector to locate objects and to dig, probe or otherwise disturb the ground on said public property. Metal detecting, digging, probing, or otherwise disturbing the ground on public property except for municipal utility purposes is a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Ordinance 2-35-100 Lusk Municipal Code 2004. ORDINANCE NO. 8-15-150, An Ordinance Amending Existing Ordinance No. 8-15-150 Deleting the Words “Dispensing Room” and “Brewing Area” and Inserting the Words “Any Area of the Licensed Building Where Alcohol is Served and/or Consumed.” Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the Town of Lusk, Wyoming: Public Notice No. 5513. Published in The Lusk Herald on September 23, 2020. Complete Public Notice |
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