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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 428081" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>A minor point - not everyone out there with a detector is pursuing a hobby, nor are they digging little holes but using light earth-moving material (quite a few people are making a living, although mostly an average one). So it is a bit difficult to draw the line between the two types of activity, and exploration companies sometimes depend on those with the detectors making the initial discovery (e.g. companies in the Pilbara are using drones to map out past detector scrapings to focus their exploration activities for large ore bodies).</p><p></p><p>I suspect if it were placed under tourism you would ONLY be allowed to fossick in a limited number of small areas (and these would soon be depleted) - I think that is a bit of a dangerous argument to push.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 428081, member: 4386"] A minor point - not everyone out there with a detector is pursuing a hobby, nor are they digging little holes but using light earth-moving material (quite a few people are making a living, although mostly an average one). So it is a bit difficult to draw the line between the two types of activity, and exploration companies sometimes depend on those with the detectors making the initial discovery (e.g. companies in the Pilbara are using drones to map out past detector scrapings to focus their exploration activities for large ore bodies). I suspect if it were placed under tourism you would ONLY be allowed to fossick in a limited number of small areas (and these would soon be depleted) - I think that is a bit of a dangerous argument to push. [/QUOTE]
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