Does everyone always take the trash with them from digging up?
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I don't find all that much trash in our parks or tot lots. What trash I do find, I put in the cans provided for that purpose and I've had grounds keepers/maintenance folks wave and smile at me when I did that. Why?? It helps them to keep their jobs. With unemployment here over 14%, lots of folks are scared of getting layed off. If your job is to empty trash bins and there is no trash to speak of, you might be getting a little worried.
It's the same reason I let the "greeter" at Walmart get me shopping cart even though I'm only buying one or two items. It makes him look busy and that's what employers want.
Dusty
It's the same reason I let the "greeter" at Walmart get me shopping cart even though I'm only buying one or two items. It makes him look busy and that's what employers want.
Dusty
If I can. When I beach hunt (around here anyway) I don't feel like lugging back the 10+ cans full of wet sand I could get. The little stuff that fits in my containers I'll take back and toss, but once they're full, I toss the stuff back to get next time.
needler420
Elite Member
My basic rule of the thumb is- if it's sharp and reasonably sized, pick it up.
If it's got no sharp edges and is bigger than a beer can, it stays under.
If it's sharp, deep, and the size of a fender, it stays under. (don't laugh, I found one 3 years ago)
If it's smaller than a beer can, pick it up.
If it's ticking or has a counter on it, run quickly..
I may be skirting some of the rules here, but I believe that the point that started this thread was that you can't make a pig into a person, but a person
needs no help turning into a pig..
Look who's talking you just confessed to also breaking the ethics point blank.
So i guess when its benefits you its ok? Talk about being a hypocrite if others do it they are a pig but its ok for you to do it if its bigger then a can?
That is still trash found from metal detecting and you're leaving it.
Coin_Master
Moved On
mrdjfeltimo
Elite Member
[QUOTENot only do I take all dug trash with me, I make a very good effort to take any surface trash with me (only if it is in my path),
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This is what i do, its bad enough that we dig up the grass in our parks (this time of your anyway), so its ALMOST a thank you to the city, call it a "QUID PRO QUO"
REMOVE your trash it`s the RIGHT thing to do
Thanks
DAN
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This is what i do, its bad enough that we dig up the grass in our parks (this time of your anyway), so its ALMOST a thank you to the city, call it a "QUID PRO QUO"
REMOVE your trash it`s the RIGHT thing to do
Thanks
DAN
I get the dilemma. Hunting on the beach, every now and then, you'll come across a whole 6 or 12 pack of cans buried in the sand. On the beach, I travel light with just my scoop and MD. So stuffing 12 cans in my shorts (although they are from the Big and Tall store) ain't gonna cut it. This happened recently on a more secluded beach with no trash bins nearby. So after digging 2 cans and figuring out what the rest were, I chose not to dig them up. Likewise, when I'm up to my limit in trash, I discriminate more in what I dig with the idea that if I dig it, I own it.
mws_1984
Elite Member
I pick up what I dig, such as pull tabs and can slaw. I pretty much only just throw what I find in my pockets. But if there is trash nearby and I get something way too big to pocket it til I can go to the trash. Then I'll stop go get rid of it and keep hunting.
In such places as parks where there is trash all over the place I don't go out of my way to pick up stuff like that. Only if I dug some trash will I toss it. Even then it is so tempting to just check it over with the rest of the disgrace they call the park.
In such places as parks where there is trash all over the place I don't go out of my way to pick up stuff like that. Only if I dug some trash will I toss it. Even then it is so tempting to just check it over with the rest of the disgrace they call the park.
If I dig it, I take it and dispose of it properly in some manner. Having said that, I do not feel obligated to dig soda or beer cans in the first place. I get fooled once in a while but not often. Pretty easy to tell if it is a can. Picking up a good signal with the coil raised a foot or more off the ground is one. Pinpointing is much wider than a coin and my screw driver probe pretty much verifies what the pinpoint showed. Really deep cans can imitate a coin but it will show that it is a fairly shallow coin and if you cannot find it with a probe it probably isn't a coin. In spite of all this, I do dig some cans and those I dispose of and do not leave them.
Jerry
Jerry
SamFisher
Elite Member
Plus I save my trash because I figure this way if I get mouthy with an official who doesnt appreciate our hobby, and I have to go in front of a judge...I am taking the trash with me
needler420
Elite Member
I was just going to say I can tell when its a can or coin but like I said i normally dig it just to surface it making it easier for a sanitation crew. Now I'm just going to walk away from the can signals instead of digging it and seeing it ill walk away then and leave what i know is a can. I thought I was doing a favor by at least surfacing them. Now I know if i raise my coil a foot high and its still screaming I'm just going to walk away from it since i don't relic hunt and only coin shoot. Relics are trash to me unless it has more value then sentimental value.
Well, unless it is interesting trash....it goes in the nearest trash can! Tho I usually keep a couple of really messed up flattened cans or jagged canslaw to show anyone who asks me what I found!
RAMBLIN' STEVE
Elite Member
Like you said, ya can't carry everything back with you sometimes.. I carry what I can, but I can only carry so much.. Simply use common sense.. If you uncover a Willys Jeep, picture yourself toting it back to the nearest receptacle.. Besides, you're the one complaining about picking up after others
.. I'm just doing what I can..
wolfpaw518
Junior Member
For me location/size is the issue, tot lots, parks, etc, I haul out everything. When I go remote relic hunting, I have to be more discriminating. Once, I was about a mile in the woods and found a brake drum from a car
...I reburied it.
I WANT to haul out all trash but sometimes it's just not practical.
neil
...I reburied it.I WANT to haul out all trash but sometimes it's just not practical.
neil
Sparky747
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I'm confused, who digs more trash than they can carry to the nearest can in a day... and trust me I hunt some long hours. You must be talking about picking up every bottle, beer can, cigarette box etc, etc. No one expects you to clean up the park just not to dig up a piece of can slaw and leave it on top of the ground for a kid to cut themselves on.
Just take the stuff you dig
Never Trust anyone that says "Trust Me"
Trust must be earned.
SamFisher
Elite Member
I'm confused, who digs more trash than they can carry to the nearest can in a day... and trust me I hunt some long hours. You must be talking about picking up every bottle, beer can, cigarette box etc, etc. No one expects you to clean up the park just not to dig up a piece of can slaw and leave it on top of the ground for a kid to cut themselves on.
Just take the stuff you dig
Makes my mind wander...I wonder if we as MDers could be held liable for leaving dangerous trash where others could harm themselves?
I would be embarassed to see any detectorists that left trash beside the plug that they just dug just because they were too lazy to carry the trash out with them. 
I couldn't imagine digging enough trash while detecting for it to be heavy enough to weigh me down. I'm not the strongest guy in the world, but if I had to I am sure that I could carry 140 lbs of trash to the nearest dumpster if need be.
If I was digging so much trash that it was weighing me down, I would learn to discriminate certain items, either by ear, or by machine.
As far as ethics go, someone omitting the true contents of their finds pouch and someone who leaves surface trash next to his dug holes is two different things.
One of the fastest ways to give this hobby a black eye is to damage property by leaving trash laying around and the area in worse condition than when you found it. The city government can SEE the damage you are doing every time you leave an area with trash strewn about.
It won't take long for detecting to be banned in your city if you are making a habit of leaving trash on next to your dug holes.
Someone once told me this and I believe it to be true: "If the area is good enough to hunt, then it is good enough to leave in better shape than you found it by filling your holes and packing out the trash."
I couldn't imagine digging enough trash while detecting for it to be heavy enough to weigh me down. I'm not the strongest guy in the world, but if I had to I am sure that I could carry 140 lbs of trash to the nearest dumpster if need be.
If I was digging so much trash that it was weighing me down, I would learn to discriminate certain items, either by ear, or by machine.
As far as ethics go, someone omitting the true contents of their finds pouch and someone who leaves surface trash next to his dug holes is two different things.
One of the fastest ways to give this hobby a black eye is to damage property by leaving trash laying around and the area in worse condition than when you found it. The city government can SEE the damage you are doing every time you leave an area with trash strewn about.
It won't take long for detecting to be banned in your city if you are making a habit of leaving trash on next to your dug holes.
Someone once told me this and I believe it to be true: "If the area is good enough to hunt, then it is good enough to leave in better shape than you found it by filling your holes and packing out the trash."
I would be embarassed to see any detectorists that left trash beside the plug that they just dug just because they were too lazy to carry the trash out with them.
I couldn't imagine digging enough trash while detecting for it to be heavy enough to weigh me down. I'm not the strongest guy in the world, but if I had to I am sure that I could carry 140 lbs of trash to the nearest dumpster if need be.
If I was digging so much trash that it was weighing me down, I would learn to discriminate certain items, either by ear, or by machine.
As far as ethics go, someone omitting the true contents of their finds pouch and someone who leaves surface trash next to his dug holes is two different things.
One of the fastest ways to give this hobby a black eye is to damage property by leaving trash laying around and the area in worse condition than when you found it. The city government can SEE the damage you are doing every time you leave an area with trash strewn about.
It won't take long for detecting to be banned in your city if you are making a habit of leaving trash on next to your dug holes.
Someone once told me this and I believe it to be true: "If the area is good enough to hunt, then it is good enough to leave in better shape than you found it by filling your holes and packing out the trash."
Except I'm usually about a half mile from my car and 10-15 miles to the nearest trash can. All I have is a couple of liter sized carrying tubes. A lot of the trash I find won't even fit in them =/
Sensei Frank
Junior Member
Trash
Hello,
Most of the time I will remove the trash. But I make sure I will never detect that item again.
Frank
Hello,
Most of the time I will remove the trash. But I make sure I will never detect that item again.
Frank
