Congratulations to our Task Force membership contest winners. Minelab E-Trac Congratulations, David Snowdy!!! White’s V3i Spectra Congratulations, Don LauKaitis!!! Fisher F75  Congratulations, Charles Lawson!!! Garrett GTI  Congratulations, William D. Churchwell!!! We will be notifying each winner individually using the email address they provided. … Continue reading →

The City Manager of Rochester Michigan, Jaymes Vettraino, said in an interview that people with metal detectors searching on public streets are “Looters of public property”.  We spoke with him and he clarified he was only referring to areas where … Continue reading →

The Task Force spoke with Pierce Schuessler (Legislative Affairs Director from the Florida Department of State)—apparently an older version of the bill was distributed within the metal detecting community where the words “all lands” were used. This error has been … Continue reading →

Update: 2/24/12 – Thanks to YOUR help, our fellow Detectorists in Alabama have a victory! Bill HB-54 passed …. YOU sending one email really did make a difference. Now it’s onto the Senate. Please email the Senators in Alabama using … Continue reading →

Professor Matthew Zembo has made obscene and irresponsible accusations regarding the conduct of people with metal detectors. Read this article. We suggest respectfully voicing your concerns regarding his irresponsible accusations and request Professor Zembo retract his statements in a followup … Continue reading →

Vote to be Held January 2012 Our fellow Detectorists in Louisville have been harassed and actually threatened with arrest for enjoying their hobby in public parks. All city parks are closed for metal detecting and the good people of Louisville … Continue reading →

In 2011, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, closed another major park to metal detecting, Clove Lakes Park. In addition, they added a condition to the 2011 permits, which the metal detecting community feels in intolerable, and … Continue reading →

We met with NYC Parks on November 16th and presented sound logical arguments as to why their arbitrary “25 foot” rule is discriminating against the people in our hobby. NYC Parks is saying that we (Detectorists) can not dig within … Continue reading →

In 2011, the Task Force requested and received four additional parks that will be added to the 2012 NYC Parks metal detecting permit. In 2010, Task Force efforts resulted in three additional parks being added to the 2010 metal detecting … Continue reading →

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2011 On 09/02/2011 we requested a meeting with Micheal Dockett from NYC Parks Department so we can discuss opening new parks for metal detecting and to remove restricions on the upcoming 2012 permit. In prearation for our … Continue reading →