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A FUNNY type of question!!
- Thread starter D&P-OR
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Howdy Del
It would have to be the second season with my new Tiger Shark at Winfield Lake back in 2002. I was just finishing up after digging about a hundred pulltabs and a couple of junk rings. I had noticed a certain lady giving me the evil eye during the course of my quest of finding something of worth and I was covering all of my holes in the knee deep to waist level water of the lake. I was just leaving with my detector in one hand and the scoop in the other and before I had removed my headphones this woman started giving me the third degree about how my detector was giving her and her children an electrical shock in the water. I tried to explain to her that the detector did not have enough " omph" to shock her and her children in the water but she was persistant in her demands that I leave. At that point I was too tired to argue about it and just told her that I was leaving anyway. I went back several times since and found some nice rings but was happy that I did't see her again!........Hombre
It would have to be the second season with my new Tiger Shark at Winfield Lake back in 2002. I was just finishing up after digging about a hundred pulltabs and a couple of junk rings. I had noticed a certain lady giving me the evil eye during the course of my quest of finding something of worth and I was covering all of my holes in the knee deep to waist level water of the lake. I was just leaving with my detector in one hand and the scoop in the other and before I had removed my headphones this woman started giving me the third degree about how my detector was giving her and her children an electrical shock in the water. I tried to explain to her that the detector did not have enough " omph" to shock her and her children in the water but she was persistant in her demands that I leave. At that point I was too tired to argue about it and just told her that I was leaving anyway. I went back several times since and found some nice rings but was happy that I did't see her again!........Hombre
JoeinMemphis
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Joel-Winnipeg
New member
Last fall I was detecting a beach.I was there alone and felt like someone or something was watching me.
Turned around to check things out and sure enought six beadry eyes looking my way.
As I was wearing headphones I never heard them creep up.
It was a mother bear and two cubs standing on there hind legs less than 30 feet away.
Dropped the detector andscoop and picked up some softball sized stones and started yelling and throwing stones at them
Hit one of the cubs which caused it to run back in the wooded banks with the motherand the other cud in tow yellping and snorthing back in the bush.
Turned around to check things out and sure enought six beadry eyes looking my way.
As I was wearing headphones I never heard them creep up.
It was a mother bear and two cubs standing on there hind legs less than 30 feet away.
Dropped the detector andscoop and picked up some softball sized stones and started yelling and throwing stones at them
Hit one of the cubs which caused it to run back in the wooded banks with the motherand the other cud in tow yellping and snorthing back in the bush.
dont know nutin
New member
You May think this is funny! I just got a brand new Safari, Put it together new batterys ect. got all fired up about hitting the dirt this comeing Wed. (my day off) turned on the news and what did I see?....half-foot could fall. After the system moves through Wednesday, temperatures will plummet, Fish said.
"Winter is back on its way after this storm system."
The National Weather Service is calling for 3 to 7 inches of snow across portions of southern Wisconsin, but the exact totals could change based on the storm track, forecasters say.
"Winter is back on its way after this storm system."
The National Weather Service is calling for 3 to 7 inches of snow across portions of southern Wisconsin, but the exact totals could change based on the storm track, forecasters say.
I was in Hot Springs Arkansas.
I found a nice park with a nice bark filled tot lot.
I had been huntin for a while and got that old fealin
someone was watchin me. I turned around and saw
a well dressed man with a nice ring and watch.
But he seemed kind of drunk, or maby he was just
crazy.
He started asking me if I knew I was breaking tha law.
He said he was on tha city council and he asked me if
I worked for tha city.
I said,
" No, I used to, but now I am just tha retierd mayor of
Hot Springs Arkansas. "
He lOOked at me wide eyed!!!!
He said " Oh " and walked off.
I had to hide my face so he couldn't see me laughing....lol
Happy Huntin,
Tabdog
I found a nice park with a nice bark filled tot lot.
I had been huntin for a while and got that old fealin
someone was watchin me. I turned around and saw
a well dressed man with a nice ring and watch.
But he seemed kind of drunk, or maby he was just
crazy.
He started asking me if I knew I was breaking tha law.
He said he was on tha city council and he asked me if
I worked for tha city.
I said,
" No, I used to, but now I am just tha retierd mayor of
Hot Springs Arkansas. "
He lOOked at me wide eyed!!!!
He said " Oh " and walked off.
I had to hide my face so he couldn't see me laughing....lol
Happy Huntin,
Tabdog
When we were still newbies at this treasure hunting gig a buddy and I went to a school to go hunt. When we got there my buddy was so excited to go hunt he jumped off the truck and went into the field we were about to hunt--without his detector!!! Still laughing about that incident when we remember.
Detecting a football field with a buddy..he found Silver and asked me to check out the hole with my machine. I did and there was another signal. My machine drove his nuts so I turned it off so he could recheck and pinpoint....
I went back to detecting for about 45 Minutes....thought man this field has nothing. Took a break a few minutes later..reached down to turn the machine off..Yep it was off already...I didn't turn it back on after checking his hole and clicking off for his machine to pinpoint target.......Boy did he laugh at me when he heard the story.
Last time I ever used a turn on and beep machine for a few years...Figured if I was that stupid I better stick with the TID Machines...
I went back to detecting for about 45 Minutes....thought man this field has nothing. Took a break a few minutes later..reached down to turn the machine off..Yep it was off already...I didn't turn it back on after checking his hole and clicking off for his machine to pinpoint target.......Boy did he laugh at me when he heard the story.
Last time I ever used a turn on and beep machine for a few years...Figured if I was that stupid I better stick with the TID Machines...
Here's a quick one--the wife & I think it's sorta funny.---I was detecting in a park once & had a guy come up to me asking me questions about the park.--He was convinced I was a park employee operating a weed eater.--I told him I wasn't a park employee and very courteously explained to him the "fine line" differences between a weed eater & metal detector. 
----After that when the wife & I are driveing & I see someone operating a weed eater, I'll sometimes say--"Hey, that guy's out there detecting where I wanted to". 
-------Del
----After that when the wife & I are driveing & I see someone operating a weed eater, I'll sometimes say--"Hey, that guy's out there detecting where I wanted to". -------DelElton, let me guess: you were using the CZ6? (or another silent search no-threshold machine?). A friend of mine did the exact same thing: He turned it off because a passerby on the beach came up to ask him some questions. When he finished the chit-chat with the passerby, he resumed hunting. A half hour later, getting disgusted at how sterile the beach seemed to be now, he got ready to leave. When he went to turn off his machine ..... you guessed it! He had been swinging his CZ6 in the off position all that time!
That is one reason I could never get used to silent search. I'd be continually wondering if the machine was even on
That is one reason I could never get used to silent search. I'd be continually wondering if the machine was even on
Uncle Willy
New member
I had an elderly woman watch me one day for several minutes then walked up and asked where she could buy a weed eater that ran that quiet.
Bill
Bill
nwdetectorist
Active member
Uhh, not too long after getting heavily involved in the hobby (1996) and detecting with a used White's Eagle Spectrum.
I had just found an 1854 Seated Liberty quarter in a park across the street from the Crip's or the Blood's
headquarters at that time here in Portland, OR. (don't remember which and I was new to the 'hood)
So, I was so intensely listening to my machine and not paying attention (never a good idea) while working slowly around a very large old tree.
What happened is that I bumped my search coil into the tennis shoe of one of the two guys who were working a trade of money for crack cocaine next to said tree.
The one facing me saw me before I bumped the other guy and he understood it was just an accident, but the guy I bumped into nearly had a heart attack and took off running
Oh, and I usually wear baggy camouflage pants and black boots, and black tees.
I am not a large man but I carry myself well in these situations so I just smiled and moved slowly away as they say in the movies.
I can still see that one guy running out to the street and down the sidewalk in a panic. Makes me smile.
But I was sure freaked out about the incident when I had time later to contemplate what could have happened.
nwdetectorist
TOO MUCH DIRT NOT ENUFF TIME!
BTW: I too have walked around for 20 minutes or more wondering why no targets were sounding off. Funny how these machines will not function in the off mode.
I had just found an 1854 Seated Liberty quarter in a park across the street from the Crip's or the Blood's
headquarters at that time here in Portland, OR. (don't remember which and I was new to the 'hood)
So, I was so intensely listening to my machine and not paying attention (never a good idea) while working slowly around a very large old tree.
What happened is that I bumped my search coil into the tennis shoe of one of the two guys who were working a trade of money for crack cocaine next to said tree.
The one facing me saw me before I bumped the other guy and he understood it was just an accident, but the guy I bumped into nearly had a heart attack and took off running
Oh, and I usually wear baggy camouflage pants and black boots, and black tees.
I am not a large man but I carry myself well in these situations so I just smiled and moved slowly away as they say in the movies.
I can still see that one guy running out to the street and down the sidewalk in a panic. Makes me smile.
But I was sure freaked out about the incident when I had time later to contemplate what could have happened.
nwdetectorist
TOO MUCH DIRT NOT ENUFF TIME!
BTW: I too have walked around for 20 minutes or more wondering why no targets were sounding off. Funny how these machines will not function in the off mode.
This might not be the funniest thing I've seen but I get a chuckle out of it ever time I see it.----Have you ever noticed when you're out metal detecting that some people will watch you a short time & then start walking around looking at the ground (eyeballing).---Looking for coins or jewelry, I guess.----I laugh to myself everytime I see it.--Maybe they're finding more than I am. -----Del
-----Del
Roscue2
Active member
This doesn't really have anyhthing to do with metal detecting, but it has to do with one of my finds. About 2 months back I wanted to buy a snack from the snack line. I had enough money, but one of the dimes I had was dirty. So, when I gave the money to the lunch lady she thought the dime was a penny. This caused a short argument over whether the coin was a penny or dime. Finally, another student said that it was a dime.