Hazards of Metal Detecting :biggrin:

[Dancin' Dave]

Hi Guys,

A couple of my hunting buddies & I decided to brave Saturdays' howling winds and do some detecting. I've found that hunting in inclement weather always adds a dimension of excitement to the hobby (Thunder storms are a blast!). I was having a good time searching around the base of some trees until a large oak about 30 yards away came crashing to the ground. Prior to that, I had a really deep target that was tangled in some roots. After chopping and hacking for several minutes I managed to extract a live pistol round that, fortunately, didn't go off. Yes, there is a God and he favors the foolish.

Here's a few keepers that I got for risking life and limb. I did manage to find my first Austrian 1 Kreuzer. (Wonder how that got here)

HH
DD

 

[triplehooked]

Wow, as much as I like being in nature I don't think hunting near large, old trees would be the best spot during thunderstorms with potential lightning.... Or anywhere outdoors for that matter!! Nice finds, tho. I found a complete 30-06 round about a 1/2 inch down in a kids park. It had mower blade marks on the casing, too! Ya just never know.....

 

[Dan-Pa.]

One of the locals lost the tip of a finger due to an old blasting cap left over from the coal mining days.

I hope the Missus didn't encourage you to go swinging a metal rod in a thunderstorm as if she did ???

Seriously...get your tetanus shot...watch for the poisin ivy and critters and that includes two legged ones and hunting with a buddy is nice.

My dear old Dad always said what fools us mortal be after sitting in a tree all day in freezing temps. waiting for the big buck and are we having fun yet???

 

[Great Republic]

Nice finds there Dave and good to see that you're still dancin.

 

[sgoss66]

Dave --

SUPERB finds there! VERY nice!

Steve

 

[cladkiller]

Awesome Digs there Dave, you tore it up and still came home in one piece,
Thanks for sharing the story and pics!
David

 

[Derrelld]

Very cool!