Access Denied!!!

[WVaTom]

to much of our public property is being overly controlled. Any help I can be let me know.

[Tennessee]

Swiz here is a adress to your state rep just chose your sate and get his e-mail. You will probly be contacted by his office first and they will make a phone call for you. Most of the time this takes care of the problem. I have done this several times .http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm

I know how you feel I was told a few weeks ago I could not hunt an area of downtown where they where redoing the side walks. I was informed that because of the way the last dicovery of some gold coins in a building being demolished was handeled they do not want the trouble again. I told them I understood and left. I wrote a letter to my Rep his officed called. City hall I assume and they issued me a permit for after contruction hours only to metal detect. Only stipulation was if anything over an x amount would have to be turned over to be reviewed do to the historic details of the area. I hope this helps if you need help with the letter I can help as well.

Thanks Will Lane

[Hyponizer]

I think that you should contact the mayor first by letter, or better yet as someone else said on a face to face basis. If that doesnt work, write the local newspaper and they will most likely post an aticle, and you may see some results from that. Lastly i would write a Personal letter to your state rep.
I honestly dont see how any bad could come from metal detecting the public grounds. The only potential issues they could possibly be concerned about are:
1.Destroying public property by digging holes. They are most likely ignorant to the hobby and THINK that whoever is detecting will be digging big holes, ruining grass, etc. Therefore prove this wrong of them by stating how the extraction process is done.
2.Liability reason 1. Holes that were dug have not been filled in and someone can potentially fall into them causing injury. They see it just as that, they THINK that your going to be digging holes and potentially not filling them in. This is a point you will have to make clear to them. Make clear by explaining the process you go through for digging and make them believe this wont be a concern.
3.Liability reason 2. You get cut/injured by something you were diggin in the hole. This is also a potential problem that they may be thinking of. I'm not sure how you could make them believe that this isnt a liability issue. But im sure its possible.
These are the only reasons that they most likely have for not letting you detect. If you can find a way to state these reasons with solutions or clarify that there really isnt a problem you may win over their permission.
Bottom line, they wont give you permission because they want to avoid any future problems that could come from you detecting. If you can make them reevaluate their decision by a close examination of the issues you may get your permission.
I hope this makes sense

[PAPPY]

SWIZ...You may want to look at the following web site and determine if you need to contact your State Represenative.....Go to the web site and click on GUIDE TO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS to find who you need to contact concerning you State and Local Laws....PAPPY

http://syma.org/gpage.html