I was KICKED OFF Cypress Mountain for Metal Detecting! ☹ | Minelab Equinox

[@JJJAMES444]

Just subbed your channel awesome content 👍👍👍. Look forward to more MD VIDS

[@ScoopyJoe]

Welcome aboard!

[@annetteessman8827]

Enjoyed it and nice calm relaxing tone in your voice...😊 Subbed ya buddy

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thank you very much! Still finding my confidence in speaking to the camera haha.

[@annetteessman8827]

@@ScoopyJoe You did VERY WELL

[@ScoopyJoe]

@@annetteessman8827 😊

[@pinoymetaldetecting9179]

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[@metaaldetectieTRIX]

Haha yes, it happens to all of us from time to time. Or in my case 3x😂 Went across a border strip with no fence and all grass. (if I can see it then)🙄

[@ScoopyJoe]

At a country border? Oh no!

[@MetalDetectingwithCZkidd]

I called my equinoxes my nail magnets😂😂. Would drive me crazy. Now I hunt with a XPD2. Less nails for sure. I got thrown out of a state park after I was given permission to hunt the water and beach. Good thing they did not ask to see the finds and those 2 gold rings I left with made it worth it.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yes the Nox really does seem to love nails! It's funny and frustrating how discretionary and inconsistent the permission can be, last year during a drought I went up to detect a dried lakebed at a popular provincial campground and was approached by a park ranger. We talked for a while about what I was doing; he had no issues with it and let me continue.

[@MetalDetectingwithCZkidd]

@@ScoopyJoe I had asked for permission at the gate as prescribed. They said no problem. About an hour into it, park ranger comes up and threw her weight around. Told her front office gave me permission. She really could care less. Off I went.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yeah there was no gate where I went, either the lake time or this time. If I do get a response from Cypress management about it and get permission, I'll be sure to bring it in writing. I've also been trying to get permission at a local Drive-In movie theatre but so far no response.

[@trentstreasurehunts]

We've all had those hunts. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thanks for watching! Hopefully I can break the curse soon!

[@trentstreasurehunts]

@@ScoopyJoe The curse will break. It did for me :)

[@yourservice67]

Fuck sakes, no way. Jon here from Vancouver Island.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Hi Jon, thanks for stopping by. I love the Island! Lived there myself for a few years.

[@yourservice67]

@@ScoopyJoe good hunting, i am from Tofino. Alot of good spots. Can't wait to see more content.

[@ScoopyJoe]

@@yourservice67 I lived in Victoria for a bit, I miss how peaceful the Island is. Lots more videos to come, thanks!

[@mikeycod7377]

Don't get frustrated, some people just want to be a Karen😂 what people don't understand that detectorists clean up the area while others leave the trash untouched.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thanks Mikey, hard to be frustrated for too long on a nice day out metal detecting, it's good no matter what! And got a lot of sharp nails/screws out of the tot-lot and beach so maybe saved somebody from tetanus haha.

[@vernowen2083]

When you find a lot of nickels and not much else, it's a definite sign the area has been hunted. Most detectorists will skip nickels, thinking pull tab. That's when you'll find the gold they missed.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Good point! I always dig the low and trashy tones especially on sand because you never know! Maybe I'll have better luck next time.

[@vernowen2083]

@@ScoopyJoe Get yourself a Coiltek 10X5 and turn your sensitivity down and search under the bleachers in ball parks. You'd be amazed at what you can find under bleachers.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Definitely! I've gone under some bleachers in an earlier video at a nearby park and it was interesting; my first gold find ever was just behind some baseball diamond bleachers but unfortunately that was before I started recording my hunts! I've got a 6'' coil that I usually put on for tot-lots, I was going for speed today after the bad start to the morning so I decided to leave the 11'' on to cover more area. I did climb under those benches with my pinpointer but there was nothing at all, you're probably right that someone's hunted that area pretty recently.

[@mazda7873]

Provincial parks are not allowed as they are often on archaelogical sites. You would need a permit if you wanted to go there.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yep, I thought the Cypress Ski Hill parking lot wasn't part of the provincial park. Seems that it might actually not be but Cypress Ski Resort also doesn't want it happening.

[@as_craft5063]

Provincial and national parks do not allow metal detector usage, though, in parks that do not have any registered archaeological sites, you can go ahead and explore after getting permission from the park manager.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yeah, I thought that the actual Cypress Mountain Ski Hill 'Chateau' parking areas were separate from the provincial park which is why I was sticking to that specific shoulder area. Oh well! Thanks for the info!

[@ranmarch6768]

Pretty silly until you come across an area that unscrupulous people have left holes in the ground, left the can slaw strewn about, torn up the grass or sod digging. I am a detectorist, and understand the position that parks have been forced to take. All detectorists say they take the trash with them, fill in their holes, and replug the grass. But if that were the case, then park managers would not ban detecting.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yep it's unfortunate that a few irresponsible people reflect negatively on all of us, and I understand that they have to cast a wide net to protect parks from damage. I genuinely thought that the gravel shoulder strip of a parking lot would not be part of that but oh well!

[@MsAliceinwonderland]

Well, I'm going to say, this 'No MD on roadsides, parking lots what not is just stupid 🙄 I call the county /city and ask which helps. You handled it wonderfully 👏

[@ScoopyJoe]

Exactly! The only specific mention on metal detecting rules around here that I'm aware of is that you can't detect in provincial parks (which I don't) and I understand that being sensitive ecological areas they have to cast a wide net on restricting activities... although I would argue that a lot of people do more damage hiking in the parks and leaving trash than a responsible detectorist does. That's why I figured the edge of the giant parking lot at the base of the Cypress Mountain Ski Hill would be ok, I mean right after the guy spoke to me, he drove across the entire area with a giant excavator and started digging up the hillside so idgi. When I went up before the melt, I was detecting for about 7 hours and several Cypress employees saw me and said nothing, really frustrating but oh well.

[@debbie4220]

Ok Karen……opps! I mean Kevin!! 😂

[@holographically]

Those bastards illegally kicked you off the mountain! You had every right to be there, the dude was WRONG. Please go back and do a redemption video!! 🙏

[@ScoopyJoe]

If I can go back I definitely will!

[@Hobojay]

Que???? 😮😮✌️💙🏇🏇🏇

[@ScoopyJoe]

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[@Hobojay]

@@ScoopyJoe that's what I say. Keep up the good work bro. U and your family, stay healthy..✌️💙🏇🏇🏇

[@ScoopyJoe]

Lots more to come! Thanks Javeir!

[@archeodigger]

You're trying to split hairs between your desire to detect and property that does not permit it. It's either a yes or a no. There is no maybe in between . I always verify with the property owners, whether it's private or public before detecting. I carry a mind set that I can accept no as well as yes when attempting to gain permission.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Not splitting hairs, genuinely did not consider that the parking lot would be off limits given my earlier positive experience in April.

[@philipcallicoat3147]

Every metal detecting post on KZbin and Facebook, adds another hundred wanna be detectorist... People who actually believe that treasure is everywhere...Hard to believe that a grown man spends all day running around with the intention of sending innocent people packing.. Not worth the trouble insisting on seeing the man's authority paperwork...

[@ScoopyJoe]

Everyone is welcome, behaving respectfully is key! I'm going to email Cypress management and ask if there is an official rule about it on the ski resort property, maybe I can get permission...

[@TonesquadProductions]

It makes it worse when these people think we are finding thousands of dollars in actuality even our oldest coins ain't worth much unless super old and low number mints.These people see them videos and think we are modern day pirates it's sad.If they only knew how many items are priceless to us but they don't have no value lol.

[@ScoopyJoe]

Yep, we're just out trying to enjoy our hobby, not hurting anything!

[@rdoggtreasurehunter5583]

I don't think that is a law for all provincial parks, probably why he added the Cypress mountain "rule" and road ways and shoulders are owned by the Province. But it's never worth getting into with some guy. Cheers eh brother!

[@ScoopyJoe]

Thanks man, I'll have to do some more research; either way I figured the dirt parking lot shoulder was safe because of how torn up it is already. Maybe the guy was just having a power trip but not worth an argument especially when someone drives up in an excavator haha!