Bonehead mistakes...........

[plowboy]

Took the 600 next door and cranked her up, got my first signal and realized my digging tool was home. I remember once years ago I was 10 miles away when I discovered my digging tool of choice was at home. Anyone want to make me feel better and list some of their mistake they have made.

 

[fastdraw]

Took the 600 next door and cranked her up, got my first signal and realized my digging tool was home. I remember once years ago I was 10 miles away when I discovered my digging tool of choice was at home. Anyone want to make me feel better and list some of their mistake they have made.

I was 12 miles from home and forgot my headphones. I spent the rest of the day listening to the little speaker on the detector. No fun.

 

[jkline]

I left a pinpointer at a beach once. Amazing that people just walked on by and left it alone.

When I get excited over a buck, bull, salmon or treasure, I tend to forget things.

 

[Joe Black]

I once forgot to bring my RTG scoop with me on one of my beach trips.....It sucks digging with your hands!....A year later I left behind that very same scoop at the same location in the parking lot.... I drove away without it and forgot to load it....maybe it was because of being tired?... I didn’t leave until 3 in the morning.

 

[Donut]

I left my $39 Whits digmaster on a park bench. Two weeks I remembered I did that it was 50 miles away.
I now engrave my name and phone number on all my tools and inside of my pinpointer that comes out when changing the battery.
Doug

 

[IowaRelic]

I left my lesche shovel in a country park. Went back an hour later and it was nowhere to be found.

 

[fastdraw]

I lost that nice V Nickel that I just found last week. I took it to work to show it to a metal detecting buddy and put it in my pocket and that was the last I ever saw of it.

 

[okierebel]

Left my pointer in a little-used park one time about 50 miles away. Went back next day and got it it was still On!!

 

[kittlitz]

I was doing some air tests indoors with the sensitivity cranked down due to all the EMI. Forgot to dial it back up during my next hunt and wondered why I wasn't finding much.

-Ken

 

[Ted S]

I left my new sampson shovel in a park a few weeks back. Unloaded when I got home and noticed it was missing. Drove back 25 miles as fast as my old Ram 1500 would safely go and it was still there...Very lucky on that one!

 

[fwcrawford]

Looks like many have made mistakes....
After detecting a small swimming area a few years ago, I took my pouch off my belt to dump the trash and walked off leaving the pouch with some coins in it,,,, luckily I noticed it as soon as I got home, which was only about 4 miles away, and went back and got it.

 

[Minelab Pirate]

I made a mistake. But let's just call that "Ex wife #2."

 

[Ronstar]

Drove 15 miles to look for a ring a lady lost when feeding her horses in late fall. Got there, fired up the F5 and nothing. Ok, dead batteries I think. Open her up and no batteries, crap....... took them out thinking done for the year. Now have a thin piece of ribbon hanging out of battery boxes when I do that......

 

[plowboy]

I feel better now, I see I'm not the only one. Thanks to all for the good tips except for Minelab Pirate. You made a mistake twice, why your still a novice. My wife wants to have a tupperware party for all my ex girlfriends!

 

[Tom Slick]

On a positive note - One of our club members left his detector in a park. Realized it when he got home and was unloading his gear. Drove back to the park and it was gone. A month later (two weeks ago) he hears the doorbell ring but can't answer it quick enough. Sees a car driving away and turns to go back into the house and there's his AT Max leaning next to the door. We can only guess that they contacted Garrett with the serial number, and they gave the folks his address. There's still some good folks out there.

 

[IDXMonster]

About 6-7 years ago I was using my IDXPro and a fellow stopped to blab. I politely shut the machine off because it’s a little chatty and 10-15 minutes later he was on his way. I swung for a SOLID 5 minutes, maybe closer to 10...and then turned my machine back on. Duh.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

I live 32 miles from the beach. Arrived one morning before daylight. Got my gear READY to hit the beach. My Xcal would not turn on. It took me a few minutes to realize that there was no batter on the machine. No battery in the car. So 32 miles back to the house to get my batteries and then the same 32 miles back to the beach.

Another day when i got my gear out of the trunk of my car i laid the keys down along with my cell phone to get something. Closed the trunk and realized i was locked out. Thankfully a gentleman let me use his cell phone to call my wife to come rescue. The best laid plans of mice and men.

 

[u2robert]

Had a brand new hand scoop I just spent 35.00 on.
set it down for a second at the tideline.
Damn thing washed out to sea that fast.

 

[laplander]

On one of my trips to hunt in the U.K. I left my boots. Hunted all week in my travel shoes, luckily the weather was dry for the week, very unusual for the area we hunted.
P.S. had a @ell of a hunt that week
HH Jeff

 

[fastdraw]

About 6-7 years ago I was using my IDXPro and a fellow stopped to blab. I politely shut the machine off because it’s a little chatty and 10-15 minutes later he was on his way. I swung for a SOLID 5 minutes, maybe closer to 10...and then turned my machine back on. Duh.

Oh God... I must have laughed for 5 minutes at this post. The truth is Stranger Than Fiction. And your no rookie. That's why I couldn't stop laughing. Oh god... I'm still laughing..!