[Rockhounds] for those in New York City w/an interest in radioactivity

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Rik,

The use of metal detectors is illegal to stop treasure searches for
coins or other archaeological finds. The law was passed around 1982.

Kreigh


Rik Dillen wrote:
> 
> Don't think NYPD is more paranoid than our government here in Belgium.
> Here it is forbidden to use any type of metal detector outside your house (on beaches e.g. as I saw two weeks ago in
> Oceanside, California).
> Don't know why.
> Grts,
> 
> Rik DILLEN
> Doornstraat 15,  B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas
> Belgium
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of betdav97 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:38 PM
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] for those in New York City w/an interest in radioactivity
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> ? Just out of curiosity, why would they ban detecters? It doesn't make sense,
> 
> why not ban rocks instead. What happens to radon detecters?
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey T. Cessna <jcessna at nist.gov>
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:18 pm
> Subject: [Rockhounds] for those in New York City w/an interest in radioactivity
> 
> For any rockhounds in New York City that own radiation detectors to check on their radioactive specimens, you may have
> to get a permit from police to own that detector. This link about a proposed law was posted to a medical Health
> Physicist listserv...?
> ?
> <http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0803,thompson,78873,2.html>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0803,thompson,78873,2.html
> ?
> ?
> Cheers,?
> Jeff ?