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confession and apology

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upnorth

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I just want to apologize to any local detectorists, or the wider group, for some of my actions. I have used my Predator Raven shovel in a few parks a handful of times. I can probably count the times on one hand. I know and knew previously that this was a poor practice in regard to hobby public relations. I justified the few times by believing, kind of, that my bad lower back and or the small neat circular plug cut from the Raven was sort of ok. This was done when tired, the back was a pretzel, and the shovel just seemed so much easier. I have felt guilty about this for a year now and I am now confessing. I also wish to say that my ethical standards are higher now in regard to the image that I have portrayed a few times as a metal detectorist. Ironically I was in another town checking out an old park, with my hand digger only, and I came across a series of dug out shallow plugs. I stomped them in and cursed the jackazz that did this. I have never left a hole open and tried my best to be neat and clean. But It is hypocritical of me to have sleazed around a bit, then judge others. All I can say is that I have higher standards now.
 
HaHa! Great!:rofl: Did anyone see you do it? No? And yet you still feel bad!:heh:

Canadians have to be the most polite people ever! Out of all the reasons a guy can think of in this Life to be apologizing for, here comes Upnorth taking the cake! Digging a plug with a Predator in the local park a handful of times! Oh lord! I'm dying here!:rofl:

Ok, ok...whew....As a self ordained Minister of the Surfchurch Totlot Triumberate, ....for your penance, for complete absolution regarding this moral failure on your part, you are required toss out a handful of your best silver/gold finds at the coordinates I will provide you with...bear in mind this will not be easy, for you will need a passport to get across the border, but by gosh you will sure feel like a burden has been lifted, and can enter restful slumber henceforth unobstructed by your past iniquities....Oh, I'll take that Predator too...just to relieve you of the temptation to sin of such an aggregious nature again! In fact, plan on leaving all your detecting gear, and that Condor Machete too... You are hereby forgiven and commanded to go and sin no more, maybe get a set of golf clubs?:shrug: I hear they have whats called a 'Mulligan' for this kind of thing..
Mud

( I can sympathize with you Bro...I had to apologize for swearing on the F Forum the other day...i was posting drunk, as is my nature, especially when my back hurts, which is all the time, and, my grandmother is Canadian)
 
I've got a guy detecting my town-don't know if he's local- but he's left what I call "Crop Circles" in one park and 2 schools[that's just the places I've come across his handiwork while detecting. I made the Parks and Rec aware of him. I don't think he knows how to pin-point, nor does he own a mini-probe. I came across 2 of his circle plugs that were just touching their edges. My Pro-pointer found a quarter, on edge, at the intersection of the 2 circles! Two of his plugs had no caps, and one cap was put back upside-down! I must say, though, that he sure cuts a perfect-circle plug!
 
Confessional time does seem to make a fellow feel lighter upnorth!:bouncy: Go and dig in peace brother!!:please: Don't give up that Condor Machete though.:rofl:
 
We are all entitled to one small slip. Shoot, that Predator Raven anyway is just a toy compared to the back hoe I used to use. I finally went to something a little bit smaller when the price of gas hit $2.50 a gallon. Geez, I even feel better myself, now. HH jim tn
 
Thanks Upnorth, this gesture honors you :clapping:
... and not have to do it again :nono: :rofl:

Mud, with only 10% of knowledge of English I break a couple of ribs laughing with his stuff.:rofl::rofl: .Language is too high a wall to express my sense of humor, like yours, and possibly you do not perceive it.
 
At least you filled your holes in and cut a large deep plug. Much better then some of the grass scalps that others have cut that blow out in the slightest breeze.

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If it makes you feel better, go and cut some willow switches and flail yourself with them for a couple of hours while reciting 500 hail Marys. Oh, wait - I'd probably have to do a few myself then -- NEVER MIND! :rofl:
 
mudpuppy said:
HaHa! Great!:rofl: Did anyone see you do it? No? And yet you still feel bad!:heh:

Canadians have to be the most polite people ever! Out of all the reasons a guy can think of in this Life to be apologizing for, here comes Upnorth taking the cake! Digging a plug with a Predator in the local park a handful of times! Oh lord! I'm dying here!:rofl:

Ok, ok...whew....As a self ordained Minister of the Surfchurch Totlot Triumberate, ....for your penance, for complete absolution regarding this moral failure on your part, you are required toss out a handful of your best silver/gold finds at the coordinates I will provide you with...bear in mind this will not be easy, for you will need a passport to get across the border, but by gosh you will sure feel like a burden has been lifted, and can enter restful slumber henceforth unobstructed by your past iniquities....Oh, I'll take that Predator too...just to relieve you of the temptation to sin of such an aggregious nature again! In fact, plan on leaving all your detecting gear, and that Condor Machete too... You are hereby forgiven and commanded to go and sin no more, maybe get a set of golf clubs?:shrug: I hear they have whats called a 'Mulligan' for this kind of thing..
Mud

( I can sympathize with you Bro...I had to apologize for swearing on the F Forum the other day...i was posting drunk, as is my nature, especially when my back hurts, which is all the time, and, my grandmother is Canadian)
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No one caught me impregnating there dog, so it could have been worse. :crazy:
 
Fabio said:
lol.
This forum has become a confessional.
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Buddy, your head would do an exorcist head spin if I told you about some of the shenanigans that I know about. But I have zero interest in that, and my job is to keep my own side of the street clean.
 
jim tn said:
We are all entitled to one small slip. Shoot, that Predator Raven anyway is just a toy compared to the back hoe I used to use. I finally went to something a little bit smaller when the price of gas hit $2.50 a gallon. Geez, I even feel better myself, now. HH jim tn
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To be honest I still wonder if I can get away with using a Predator ''Dixie'' in a park. It has a tiny digging head. Please voice your thoughts on this, anyone that reads this post. I know that it is all about ''public perception'', but a tiny shovel ? I will have to check the predator site again or look online to see how this thing looks again. These grey area digging tools seem a little ambiguous to me, or maybe that's what I wish to believe and I'm B.S.ing myself. None of this would be an issue for me if my lower back wasn't shot. I actually made a long handled digging tool out of an old Hori Hori Japanese gardening knife that I had, a few years ago. I never use it.
 
I'm not familiar with the Dixie model and couldn't find it on the Predator site. For park hunting I use a small blade, 18" length, Wilcox and also the Predator trowel type model 85. I also have the Predator Little Eagle which in its own right isn't all that conspicuous when carried along the side of ones leg, but none the less, does have the look of a small shovel. I assume your back situation won't allow you to get down on your knee(s) and dig? I don't bend over when using the smaller tools, but just drop down on one knee and dig that way. A regular long handled spade cuts as neat a plug as any smaller digger. Probably neater, but it is all about perception. Good luck. HH jim tn
 
The smaller a "shovel" is the better , but still if using anything resembling a shovel any onlookers usually dont know or understand the difference. As far as they are concerned you may as well be out there with a full sized garden spade. You want to be as discreet as possible , anything other than a coin probe or trowel sized digger can attract negative attention no matter how relatively small it is.
 
jim tn said:
I'm not familiar with the Dixie model and couldn't find it on the Predator site. For park hunting I use a small blade, 18" length, Wilcox and also the Predator trowel type model 85. I also have the Predator Little Eagle which in its own right isn't all that conspicuous when carried along the side of ones leg, but none the less, does have the look of a small shovel. I assume your back situation won't allow you to get down on your knee(s) and dig? I don't bend over when using the smaller tools, but just drop down on one knee and dig that way. A regular long handled spade cuts as neat a plug as any smaller digger. Probably neater, but it is all about perception. Good luck. HH jim tn
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I probably whine a bit too much about the back actually. I am not bad for bending for 2-3 hours with mild pain meds, then I'm pretty much toast. I am basically used to low level pain and ignore it for the most part when having fun and or concentrating. But when I'm done, I'm done. I know that the wall is hit when I ignore a lot of maybe signals, or just notch out anything below 80. I am always actively searching for ways to stay in the field a bit longer. Long handled shovels make life MUCH easier for me and I realized this a few years ago when I started to love working farm fields. But I know that I have public responsibilities to the hobby also. Thanks for the reply, every opinion\experience helps me to find the best approach. I don't know if the staying on one leg style would help, but I think that I do that now at times instinctively.
 
I have a backhoe I used once but I did fill back in. I don't think the sprinkler system works anymore as I never get wet in the morning now.
 
When you have pain, you're not whining. You're just being honest about your detecting circumstances. I got to the river today for about 3
hours and once the pain set in, I should have quit. Once I started hurting, it was all down hill from there and my finds showed it.
I was hoping to find some nice gold jewelry, but found 3 rings. I sterling and two others with no markings and I have to test them with the acid kit. Passed the magnet test.
 
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