{"id":253,"date":"2022-09-22T02:59:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2022-09-22T02:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:59:04","slug":"citations-dropped-for-magnet-fishermen-who-found-86-rockets-at-army-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"Citations Dropped for Magnet Fishermen Who Found 86 Rockets at Army Base"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A group of magnet fisherman who found rockets, unexploded ordnance<\/a>, and Youtube fame while fishing at a Georgia Army base had their citations dropped. Bryce Nachtwey, Matt Jackson, and a third individual\u00a0were cited for recreating without a permit, entering a restricted area, and unauthorized magnet detecting after they pulled belts of large caliber ammunition, mortar shells and other rusty military equipment out of the Canoochee River, which runs through Fort Stewart.<\/p>\n

However, a federal court dismissed those citations because the men tried to get permission from the DNR to magnet fish and reported their findings of unexploded devices to police, according to WTOC11<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group made a Youtube video<\/a> of their original magnet fishing adventure, which included their interaction with a Fort Stewart military policeman and a wildlife officer. That video now has more than 4 million views.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re all getting tickets,\u201d the game warden says in the video. \u201cYou can come to court and talk to a judge. The reason magnet fishing is not allowed is because of exactly what y\u2019all got right there. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to blow up and what\u2019s not going to blow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fort Stewart Law Enforcement say magnet detecting remains illegal there and that the DNR does not have jurisdiction of recreation on federal property, according to WTOC11.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to report something that you don\u2019t know what it is,\u201d Matt Jackson told WTOC11. \u201cAnd after doing some research and finally after a bunch more were found, then you kind of have to do some research to see why they\u2019re down there and then that\u2019s when the lightbulb clicked and we were like, \u2018Ok, we need to call them.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

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