common myths about detecting.... EXPLODED.

[GRAY GHOST]

hello all, i've been asked some of the craziest questions and told the silliest stuff in my years of detecting. most were innocent enough, but others were just plain ignorant of our hobby. it seems a few of these might have been heard before! i know you've been through it too, and would like to hear about your experiences. here goes!
myth #1- i find more and better stuff without headphones on.
my reply? no you don't.
myth #2- i heard that if you detect around power lines, it helps to keep your batteries charged.
my reply? oh yeah! how'd you know? i go there at least once a week. haven't bought batteries in years.
myth #3- an inquisitive 5 year old watched me dig a quarter out. "how'd you do that?"
my reply? i didn't do it, the machine did. cool machine, huh?
her reply- "umhmmm. you did it."
my reply? smiling, i said, that's makes both of us cool then, right? right.
myth #4- i heard if you are detecting a damp yard, it causes the earthworms to rise that night.
my reply? well don't tell anybody, silly. haven't bought fishin' worms in years! it's just one of the benefits.
myth #5- i heard that you can find your own tooth fillings with that thing. [an old buddy of mine]
my reply? ok, lay down on the ground and let me run the coil over your head. i'll tell ya where they are, and how many you have!
myth #6- at a party years ago, a drunken young man said, "wow man. that's cool. it like...it like...charms coins out the ground!"
my reply? no, i can't charm them today. left my flute at the house. play flute with one hand, and detect with the other hand. it works real good.
his reply? reallllly?
myth #7- "my young man, that's a fine weedeater you have there. would you come over and weedeat my yard for me? i'll give you a dollar." [lil' ol' lady standing on the porch of a very ohhhhlllddd house]
my reply? yes ma'am! i'll be right over! just one second! do you want the back done too? and the sides?


i hope you have enjoyed this post. they are all true to the letter. like i said, i've gotten so many silly questions that i just can't help but chuckle and laugh! there's more too. thanks, and hh,


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[Hightone]

Cool, Ghost. I've had the kid thing before about being "cool". Sounds like some of the parties are BYOB.

I did have someone ask me if I was looking for land mines once. And I had some idiot at the beach throw a handful of pennies in the sand and asked me to find them. I gave him the middle digit and walked away.

 

[Elton]

Seems this little old man was waiting for the Gas Company to come out.He smelled Gas around his back yard. I was hunting the park that came up to his property and separated by a 3' chain link fence..


He quickly came to the fence and started yelling at me..I took headphones off and asked what was the matter...He said( LOL.).You damn utility workers are all the same....It's in my yard where it smells like Gas..Not the park..I could care less if that blowes up..wish it would LOL..I explained I was metal detecting..He said My A$$$ You just don't want me to know the gas line is all rusty and going to blow up.. I thought for a moment, and said, Your correct Sir....Have to keep these things quiet you Know..causes panic.....I said where's your gate..I detected around his yard for a few minutes..smelled nothing and told him all was OK..but to be safe some guy or lady with a two tone grey uniform ( Gas Companies) would be around soon with a different kind of sniffer..This one only worked in Parks.
Last I saw of him..he sniffed, and went to back door.. looked back, waved his arm, and slammed the door so hard I swear I could almost feel the air... LOL

I left pretty quickly.............