MDLand
Full Member
My vote would be OK to metal detect. Since it does no specifically say NO to MD'ing it is OK. You have to figure out what to do about the 'digging' and removing of artifact bit. It seems those park signs are everywhere, they all seem to say the same. Most of the areas here in Mass have the same rules. I really wonder why they left out MD off the rules list? since that is what most use to dig and find artifacts with???? It would have be easy to put it on there if needed if was indeed a #1 problem which it clearly isn't...Places that we all know not to use a MD always have signs saying NO MD'd, ie battlefields etc. IMHO the digging and artifact hunting removal has to do with full scale looting of archie sites, removing stone walls stones, tree harvesting, plant removal, and general destruction of town land. I MD many areas that have those same rule on the signs. Just don't dig. Figure out a way to look at the artifact and leave it there, maybe just surface hunt lol, no need to bring home all the rusty junk we fine lol. If you must dig that is where the legal issues may get messy. Good advice here in this thread tho.