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Prospecting Rules & Regulations
Confused and Concerened
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<blockquote data-quote="AngerManagement" data-source="post: 442045" data-attributes="member: 3760"><p>KISS - No permission, no dig</p><p></p><p>Beaches - in general yes</p><p></p><p>Designated Fossicking areas - Yes</p><p></p><p><u>All council parks Australia wide,</u> are covered by regs regarding the disturbance of grasses and soils = NO digging <strong>You can swing a detector, but it is the recovery that gets you into strife.</strong> </p><p></p><p>No laws about detecting and swinging a detector in general does no harm.. Not a problem. But ask about digging holes etc and you will get told...</p><p></p><p>Then toss in lots of get rich quick and people that make assumptions and use big shovels / picks and other tools and leave a mess = More and more places being more tightly governed and shut down...</p><p></p><p>I only do Beaches and Private permissions - can not afford the fines and have already had formal warnings.... </p><p></p><p>Hence i only swing once every month or so OR at official club outings...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AngerManagement, post: 442045, member: 3760"] KISS - No permission, no dig Beaches - in general yes Designated Fossicking areas - Yes [u]All council parks Australia wide,[/u] are covered by regs regarding the disturbance of grasses and soils = NO digging [b]You can swing a detector, but it is the recovery that gets you into strife.[/b] No laws about detecting and swinging a detector in general does no harm.. Not a problem. But ask about digging holes etc and you will get told... Then toss in lots of get rich quick and people that make assumptions and use big shovels / picks and other tools and leave a mess = More and more places being more tightly governed and shut down... I only do Beaches and Private permissions - can not afford the fines and have already had formal warnings.... Hence i only swing once every month or so OR at official club outings... [/QUOTE]
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