FMDAC Independent Membership Application FMDAC National Officers FMDAC Regional Directors / Representatives

$10.00 Membership per Year Mark Schuessler Don Hayes, Central States National President 570 Sundale Road, Norwich, OH 43767 1464 Graft Road Email: [email protected] Attica, NY 114011 Phone: (740) 872-4217 Ph. (585) 591-0010 Name: Email: [email protected] NV-UT-CO-NE-KS-IO-MO-IL-IN-OH-KY Ed Burke WV-VA-PA-NJ-DE-MD Address: National Vice President 9 Reservoir Road Debbie Buxton, Northern States: Dallas, PA 18612 PO Box 328 Holland, NY 14464 City: Ph. (570) 310--1530 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (716)-537-2820 State: John Howard National Treasurer AK-WA-OR-ID-MT-WY-ND-SD-MN Zip Code: 34 Bayberry Lane, WI-MI-NY-VT-MA-NH-CT-RI-ME-CANADA Rochester, NY 14616 Ph. (585) 663-7368 Art DiFilippo, Southeastern States: Email: [email protected] Phone Number: 203 Village Stone Circle, Summerville, SC 29483 Frank Colletti Email: [email protected] E-mail Address: National Secretary Phone: (843) 330-0016 1439 Stephen Marc Lane East Meadow, NY 11554 AZ-CA-NM-TX-OK-AK-LA-AL-MS Check made out to FMDAC and Mail form to: Ph (516) 481-9244 Email: [email protected] TN-GA-SC-NC-FL

John Howard Listed within this independent membership brochure are National Treasurer representatives that can direct you to a local club in your area. Membership 34 Bayberry Lane, If you do not have a local club in your area, information about Rochester, NY 14616 starting your own local club is available on our Website. Mike & Sue Race Email and phone in column two To find the nearest local club in your state and or area, please Membership Secretary contact the Regional Director that has your state of residence Phone 717-475-7988 in their area of responsibility. Or 717-808-4769 Email: [email protected] Summary of FMDAC Membership Benefits If you are unable to pinpoint this information, please contact  Quarterly Issues of FMDAC’s Newsletter the National Treasurer who has detailed information including the local leadership contact in a local club nearest to you. Legislative:  Access to Regional Quarterly Newsletters Thank you for your interest in the FMDAC.  Informational USPS & Email Mailings Vacant  Discounts at FMDAC Convention Hotels Throughout America there are thousands of individual  Access to FMDAC Metal Detecting Hunts purchasers of a variety of metal detectors. Many are not aware  National Presence for Metal Detecting Hobby of either the FMDAC or of a local contact club in their area.  Informational Web-site FMDAC strongly supports the local chapters in every state o Club Information with our primary goal to secure membership in the FMDAC. State Park Information This is the beginning, but more importantly, our goal is to o increase membership and the education of the hobby to all o Legislation Alerts & Information those now enjoying the hobby with no affiliation with a local o Metal Detecting News club. The FMDAC membership is not intended to bypass any o Forum, Guestbook & Hunt Calendar local club, only to enhance and improve the local club membership by promoting and guiding all new independent FMDAC Web-site: http://www.fmdac.org members to a local club. Where You CAN and CANNOT Detect August 2016 M & S Race National Parks and Federal land are off limits to detecting. FMDAC CODE OF ETHICS National Forests vary depending upon the ranger.  I WILL ALWAYS CHECK FEDERAL, STATE, Always get permission. COUNTY AND LOCAL LAWS BEFORE SEARCHING. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO Corp of Engineers: lakes, shoreline and lands. KNOW THE LAW.“ Permission has been granted only on pre-disturbed  I WILL RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WILL sites such as beaches and attached swimming areas. NOT ENTER PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE Some areas are closed; each area has a district office. OWNER’S PERMISSION. WHERE POSSIBLE, SUCH Inquire first. PERMISSION WILL BE IN WRITING.

State Parks: Many are open to detecting, however,  I WILL TAKE CARE TO REFILL ALL HOLES AND many require a permit or permission. Ask a ranger. TRY NOT TO LEAVE ANY DAMAGE.

BLM land in some areas is open to detecting.  I WILL REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF ANY AND However, environmental rulings are rapidly changing. ALL TRASH AND LITTER THAT I FIND. FEDERATION OF METAL DETECTOR It is best to contact a district office in your area.  I WILL APPRECIATE AND PROTECT OUR INHERITANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND Public School Grounds: Most are open to detecting WILDLIFE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CLUBS INC. except on ball fields. Look for any signs or city ordinances forbidding detecting. Check with school  I WILL AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE HOBBY, office to be sure. USE THOUGHTFULNESS, CONSIDERATION AND FMDAC Established in 1984 COURTESY AT ALL TIMES. Colleges, Private Schools: Should be viewed as private FMDAC was organized in 1984 as a legislative and  I WILL WORK TO HELP BRING UNITY TO OUR educational organization to help combat the negative property. HOBBY BY WORKING WITH ANY publicity relating to the hobby. ORGANIZATION OF ANY GEOGRAPHIC AREA Always acquire permission to detect on private THAT MAY HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WILL LIMIT property. THEIR ABILITY TO PEACEFULLY PURSUE THE FMDAC is incorporated; a non-profit, non-commercial, HOBBY. non-partisan organization, dedicated to the preservation Golf Courses, Indian Reservations and Cemeteries are of the sport / hobby of metal off limits in most cases.  I WILL LEAVE GATES AS FOUND. detecting and recreational prospecting.

 I WILL BUILD FIRES IN DESIGNATED OR SAFE FMDAC’s goal is to: PLACES ONLY. Be certain to explain that you abide  I WILL REPORT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES Educate and inform the public as to the merits of the By the FMDAC Code of Ethics, do ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ENTER AND OR recreational and educational aspects of our hobby. REMOVE ARTIFACTS FROM FEDERAL PARKS OR not leave holes, and pick up trash. STATE PRESERVES. FMDAC ask that everyone abide by our Code of Ethics, to act in a respectful manner at all times. Be a proud supporter of the

FEDERATION OF METAL DETECTOR AND FMDAC Website: http://www.fmdac.org ARCHAEOLOGICAL CLUBS INC.