Store Owner Preaches Ethical Hunting

"The way Tim Garton sees it, historical artifacts -- and the stories behind them -- remain forever lost if they stay buried in the ground.

But the owner of Metal Detector Sales of Southwest Missouri cringes at the thought of treasure hunters randomly digging up artifacts, leaving holes behind, with no concern for ethically extracting or documenting what they find.

'I'm trying to get people educated on how to do it right,' said Garton, cofounder and treasurer of the 417 Relic Hunters metal detecting club in Springfield."

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MO Research: Rules to Hunt

A nice little read for Missouri hunters looking on places to hunt.

"So you just got a brand new metal detector and can't wait to go dig up buried treasure.

Slow down a bit.

Rules about where and how you can use the device vary greatly.

Metal detector hobbyists also emphasize the need to always get permission before any dig.

Metal detectors are not allowed in national parks -- including Wilson's Creek National Battlefield -- and hefty fines and even jail time await people who remove artifacts from federal lands."

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