East coast ban ??

[DougieH]

Would it not be the case, similar to farms, that the leaseholder cannot give permission (or ban things, I would imagine) for who is allowed to do what on the land. That right is retained by the landowner. So the maps may in fact be correct. Just a thought.

Doug

[FULLTIMER]

Apparently not, I did also contact crown estates about this who were unaware of the detecting ban, and was told that it was basically up to the leaseholder if they wished to impose a ban on detecting .

[Grott]

You should have told him they was also banning idiots from walking on the beach.

[hydraglide]

I cant see why it wouldnt be the leaseholder having the final say, imagine this scenario, if you rented a house with a Roman Rd running thru the garden, and a detectorist had researched this,thought that'l be a good place to try,approached your landlord and unbelievably he said yes..how would you feel if a couple of detectorists came and dug up 'your' garden.

[Aaronkk]

I don't see how they could ban it if they ban metal detecting then they should ban all digging related activities on the beach besides who's money maintains the beaches, and the fact ITS SAND doesn''t harm no body - IMO if its public land and you respect it you should be able to within reason

Oh and the amount of time we also removes cans and damage objects you don't get no where near MIN wage we do it for the fun not the money

[Nailman]

Trojan has some valid observations, what happens to any valuables found by the council clean up teams ?
Policy will say that they must be handed in, but we all know what will happen.
I used to help a funeral director he told me that any precious metals in the coffin e.g Gold fillings
Once separated from the ashes ( as melted metal) are the property of the council.
Like wise our local tip, I rebuilt a bmx from bits for my nephew total cost with new bits £40
Obviously I don't agree with the night hawking suggestion


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