A PLUMB SERIOUS type of question

[D&P-OR]

Hey you guys & gals----Got another ALL IMPORTANT question!!----What's your best shot/tactic/effort at discouraging gawkers-on lookers when you're metal detecting?? (be serious now)----This has gotta be one of the long standing-time tested questions in our hobby!!! ------Del

 

[Boris]

I have found that wearing the full over the ear headphones help, at least they usually don't try to talk to you.

 

[D&P-OR]

My wife just said she blows her nose a lot--grosses 'em out (she's allergic to dirt).---Just something about a person blowing their nose, right?? -----Del

 

[coinnut]

Talking to yourself in full conversation out loud, always makes them a bit leery!

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I dress as a bag person and usually carry a long handle screwdriver .
Wear real dark sunglasses and look hostile.
That keep most of gawkies at bay. Works for me.

 

[marcomo]

Instead of thinking of curious onlookers as a nuisance, I prefer to look at them as a resource.

I've gotten several good leads and/or permissions from "gawkers" I've taken the time to talk to.

 

[jmaryt]

"gat!" in waistband!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Actually, I like the gawking. I know I kind of look weird, eccentric perhaps to them, but the joke is really on them. Behind that strange face, I am a father, a husband, a coin collector, have a present collection of gold items which would make a few jaws drop, and of course I also have a nice, long standing lucrative career in the health field. I also know that I may be at a bedside somewhere, some time, some hospital performing life saving procedures on the gawker too. To me....it's fun being incognito

 

[slingshot]

I once flatulated several times and the crowds ran like crazy.

 

[pmike]

Eat plenty of garlic and onions, don't bath and wear no deodorant or anti-presperant. Add some beans to the diet as an extra measure or layer of people repellent and you should be among the loneliest people on the planet...

Mike

 

[jim tn]

Being in the position to hunt when ever I want, I try and avoid spots and times when people will be around. I don't want to be followed around, but I will, though, take the time to answer questions if they appear to have a genuine interest. There isn't much that will discourage ruddness/gawking, so I usually end up walking some distance away and hope I don't get followed. HH jim tn

 

[Beale]

I tend to hunt when and where the people are not. If I get to a spot and people are there, I will actually leave. I am a loaner and do not like gawkers, or questions, Beale.

 

[Shambler]

Wear a fanny pack, tool belt, fishing vest, baseball cap, knee pads and talk to yourself ... wait .. .nevermind

 

[SteveP(NH)]

Each gawker is a potential land owner who could give you permission to hunt on their land. I try and make eye contact and nod at them in hopes they will come over and ask questions. I can tell pretty quick if I've got a chance to hunt their land and if I think they might say yes I bring the subject up and ask for permission. Gotten permission to hunt some nice sites that way.

 

[tabdog]

But people seem to like me.

They seem to feed on my extitement about what I'm doin.

They think it's neat that an old guy can have fun findin a

pocket full of trash.....lol

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

 

[tabdog]

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[tulare tokens]

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[John-Edmonton]

Isn't that the truth....yet if they REALLY saw what we have accumulated in finds, they would be out there right beside us metal detecting.

 

[slingshot]

I once flatulated several times and the crowds ran like crazy.

Although I actually did this to a couple of extremely obnoxious kids, I have to agree, seriously with Macromo and Tab. I have learned new places to hunt, found rings for people, and since I'm at a large retail store am the subject of talk around town. Word DOES get around. "For whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap"

 

[John-Edmonton]

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