MO City Overturns MD Ordinance

A victory for hobbyists everywhere as a Missouri city official actually contemplated the "real" repurcussions of the hobby and realized it's trivial to try and govern a harmless hobby.


"Carthage Mayor Mike Harris said 'exaggerated and erroneous information' led the council to give preliminary approval to an ordinance controlling metal detecting in city parks.

At Harris’ request, the Carthage City Council tabled indefinitely final consideration of the ordinance that would have required anyone wanting to use a metal detector in a city park to sign a request sheet and turn any artifact that was older than 100 years over to the city.

The vote to table was unanimous."

Read more HERE.

NC Club Moves On It

"You keep getting asked not to mention this place — to anyone.

Now that we’re here, we’re wondering why all the secrecy. The only things we see are a NO TRESPASSING sign, a beer can and a lot of nothing.

'This is a perfect site,' Jim Spivey declares with a drawl.

And he would know. After all, he picked it.

'I don’t know what’s in there, but it’s ideal for digging,' continues Spivey, adding that he 'pleaded' with the owner for permission to enter the property. 'We’ve gotta move on it.'"

Read more HERE.

Image Credits: Jerry Wolford / News & Record