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From: David Dyer <>
Subject: Re: [CEMETERY-L] Metal Detectors Re: CEMETERY-D Digest V98 #212
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 21:23:37 -0400


Wasn't it WA that kept electing Tom Foley to the U. S. House of Representatives?
:-)

Thomas A. Yurick wrote:

> Howard,
>
> You didn't read what I wrote. I wasn't surprised, we have the same problem
> with our elected officials.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard E. DeFord <>
>
> >Geez Thomas and all other there is no gray area on this one..
> >I place a Indian Head penny on my Grandfathers grave in 1958 when he died.
> >It's dated 1864 the year he was born. I also placed a new 1958 penny with
> >it. The care taker places the grass sod back over the grave. Now you get
> >your metal detector and find my gift to grandpa John YOU JUST ROBBED HIS
> >GRAVE.. Now Please DO NOT STEAL from the dead or living.
> >
> >And YES your DAM Right as a Elected Offical in the State of Washington,
> >Okanogan County I'll prosecute you if you do it in my Cemetery. Or any
> >other Cemeteryin the State... And the goes for Snohomish Cemetery in
> >Snohomish WA. also..
> >
> >Now lets get back to Preserving Cemeteries I'll be up dating the group on
> >our dist # 4 restoring and saving the "Old Oroville Cemetery" We're in the
> >first stage of getting the Deed this is just a fomalaty and will cost us
> >filing fees at most.. we may even get the current owner to pay for the
> >restoring of part of it..
> >
> >H.E. DeFord
> >**********************
> >At 11:11 PM 9/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Geez, I agree that using a metal detector in a cemetery is tacky and I
> >>wouldn't do it, but finding a penny someone dropped in a cemetery is
> hardly
> >>grave robbing.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Howard E. DeFord <>
> >>To: <>
> >>Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 10:57 PM
> >>Subject: [CEMETERY-L] Metal Detectors Re: CEMETERY-D Digest V98 #212
> >>
> >>
> >>>Joe,
> >>>I hope you do not live in Washington State,
> >>>We have Laws which say go to jail and/or pay a fine for the removal of
> any
> >>>object from a Cemetery.. You are also liable for any damage you do to a
> >>>Cemetery.. We have two persons that are currently paying for damages they
> >>>did a few years back..
> >>>As for saying a family cemetery is "OK" rob , but you try to get
> permission
> >>>to rob a Church Yard.. What is the difference "Grave Robbing" is "Grave
> >>>Robbing"
> >>>Howard E. DeFord
> >>>Okanogan County Cemetery Commissioner
> >>>*****************************
> >>>At 08:14 PM 9/6/98 EDT, wrote:
> >>>> I would like to comment on the recent topic of metal detecting in
> >>>>cemeteries. I have done this for many years and have found cemeteries
> to
> >>>be a
> >>>>generally non-productive place for this hobby. You would think that
> this
> >>>>would not be so but it is. Outside of a few common coins, keys and
> >>funeral
> >>>>home markers are the most frequently found objects.
> >>>> Contrary to what a lot of folks think, most metal detecting is done
> >>within a
> >>>>few inches of the surface. The area just below the roots of the grass,
> if
> >>>>any, is usually the "best" depth. I go metal detecting with a metal
> bulb
> >>>>cutter, a plastic trowel, and a screwdriver with a rounded-off tip ( you
> >>>>wouldn't want to scratch an 1864-L Indian Head Penny!) I have no qualms
> >>>about
> >>>>searching in family cemeteries but try to get permission in church
> yards.
> >>It
> >>>>doesn't look good to have a shovel in a graveyard. I don't dig up
> >>anything
> >>>>that big anyway---it won't be a coin or ring.
> >>>>
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> >May GOD Bless You And Yours,
> >Howard E. DeFord
> >Oroville, WA 98844
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