By R C Spanswick

Firstly, you must have as much of the law on your side as you can (i.e. by belonging to an association). You do not have to join a club, you can be a member of the Federation of Independent Detectorists, who supply an identification card with your photograph and - most important of all - a public liability third party insurance covered by General Accident for £2 millionAdd to this, plenty of confidence, a sense of justice, and a knowledge of procedure. Thus armed you are ready to proceed.

Now it is, in my opinion, a great mistake to ask permission to use a metal detector on what they, the council think is their land. The answer will almost certainly be "NO". Therefore just go about your hobby as unobtrusively and sensibly as possible until confronted by one of those "jumped-up officials". Then, instead of going onto the defensive, counter attack at once do not back down, but stand up to the official. Remember you are not a criminal; what you are doing is no h ... Читать дальше »