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Help! I'm a scavenger!

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Ceebee7

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I've only been detecting since last November but I'm well and truly sucked in. My wife asked me the other day if I felt like a scavenger to which I replied that I hadn't until she bought it up. Now when I go to the beach I DO feel conscious of the fact that people are talking about me. My wife will have nothing to do with my finds. She flat out refuses to wear someone else's jewellery so as I've mentioned on someone else's post it all goes into a bin for my next detector.
Any help and helpful comments would be welcome. Cheers all. HH.
 
I used to feel the same as you and was conscious of the people around me,but now I could'nt care less.Most people are just curious,i've had many come up to me and ask me what I find on the beach.I heard one story about a detectorist on a beach who heard a youngster ask his dad what he was doing,to which his dad replied,"scrounging Son".......made me laugh.
I don't quite understand the attitude of people who take the view that we are scrounging or scavengers,if we don't dig it up it will be lost forever as it works it's way deeper into the sand.Sometimes I think they are envious,if they could see what I have found so far this year i'm sure they would think differently.Just take no notice and get on with it,at the end of the day you are more likely to be going home with something of value than they are.And remember this,those who have the sort of attitude to look down at what we are doing,are most likely the idiots that loose their stuff in the first place.:bouncy:
 
You are so far doing it right! If your wife starts picking out gold and silver from your good stuff, all you will have left is clad and tabs!:rofl:

I believe a fellow should "think like a scavenger" especially beach hunting...all those little bits of trash tell a story of what happened in that place...you get good at what the trash is telling you, and you get on the gold...even cigarette butts tell something about the person, the brand is important to your target type of person...the amount tell you how long they were there, etc...

I will boldly say I'm a scavenger with a detector...I study the ways of other scavengers too..like the seagulls, the foxs and coyotes, how they work a beach and why they key on certain spots...how the coyotes are out at night...moving to structure quickly then working it well, they cover lots of ground but key in on certain areas, they dont waste time hunting the barren stretches, yet they are constantly on alert for any sign and moving....their tracks in the sand tell you this..because of course you seldom see them, which is the answer to your original insight about not wanting to be seen by people...thats good too!...think like a scavenger, hit that beach early am before sun up, and work it like a true scavenger does, every day..then you are gone and home before anybody is out there, take a nap, and go back and see where all the people are set up and evaluate your "targets" from a high perch, like a vulture would....you dont have to take your detector along for that...it gives a guy the true sense of the beach action...keep a sharp eye out for any changes in the waters edge...be ready to get in there...you can wade during the day and people dont bother you much, so go wade and hunt all day if you want to, and pretend you are a stingray scavenging for shrimp in the sand...again, they know where to hunt to find the shrimp, and you gotta know how to read a bottom to hunt like they do except you are after gold...... I dont like hunting the beach in the middle of the day, just super early..I think you are going to be OK Ceebee7...you are off to a good start!:beers: If you want to quickly ramp up your skills, better get Clives new book on gold hunting ...it will make sense to you if you want to really knock down the gold..
Mud.
 
you in a different light and think your more important when you answer an inquiring question with " I'm looking for a $5000 ring that was lost....."
That might also get them thinking to themselves "I need to get one of those..."
 
Your not a scavenger Ceebee7 but your ego is out of control,,,,,,,you are nothing but a common hoarder like the rest of us :)
Why put yourself on such a pedestal when we all know you will soon have buckets and jars full of broken lock dials , cars keys , cable tensioners , plumbing fittings and other doodads not to mention an assortment of crusty of match book cars to make any 6 year old proud. The first step in enjoying an addiction is feeding it, so get off your high horse and get down in the sod/dirt/sand with the rest of us!!!!
 
You could consider yourself in the salvage business.
 
Although professional help is available to help your wife, you might be better off leaving well enough alone. :devil: I have the extreme opposite, a wife that loves to hunt, a constant competitor, often finding half of the goodies every place we hunt........ and used jewelry?....... :laugh:. I found a $5,000 diamond bracelet years ago............ I get to see it occasionally on her wrist on special occasions. :rofl:

Don't let her bring you down as a scavenger though, most of us in the hobby are the furthest from that perceived image. We have many in the hobby who are doctors, lawyers and executives who simply enjoy getting out and finding little treasures...... sometimes a big one...:biggrin:....... the hobby is what you make of it.

Nancy and I are pretty well known locally sometimes called in to find evidence at crime scenes and the occasional call from someone who lost their ring, property markers and even water valves for neighboring towns. We teach metal detecting at a local college to law enforcement students mostly in the CSI field, so the few idiots who might call us scavengers behind our backs is just water off the ducks back.

Don't let what others say bother you and enjoy the hobby. Sometimes your finest reward is helping the same people who thought you were a poor scavenger find their lost wedding band or heirloom.
 
You have a wife that wants nothing to do with picking through your jewelry finds???

Does she have a sister?
 
Scavenge!:cheers:
I'll grab anything! Scavengers are one step up the evolutionary ladder from hunters! I have not bought a lighter, shoes, towels in years! Amazing what people leave behind!:rofl:
Plus, in true scavenger fashion, I'll eat or drink just about anything I find while out hunting...My wife of nearly 35 yrs has no desire to detect...which is odd, since she enjoys shopping, which is really just scavenging with a credit card! :shrug: She also has no problem stealing all my gold, so I would consider her one more step up the evolutionary ladder than me, She has figured out its far easier to take my stuff than go find it on her own! Sometimes I feel like a cormorant with a rope tied around his neck and deployed by an Yangtzee river fisherman! She will let me go get the loot, and as soon as I get home with a crop full, she makes me cough it up!...you are one lucky bloke on that regard! Keep your good finds on the down low brother, you are dealing with a person who is way smarter than you!
Mud
 
You'd have done great as a scrounger in a pow camp in world war 2........like the one in the film the great escape.If the shtf i'll come and stay with you,with your scavenging skills i'd survive no problem.:thumbup:
 
You sure opened up my eyes to another side of metal detectorists Mud.
 
Scavenger??!! I am the consumate dumpster diver. Can't walk by one without having a peek. I liked Muds analogy of being a cormorant on a string, I have a story like that.,,when I was a kid and was going fishing, I would wait behind a tree in my yard until a robin pulled out a worm and then run up and make her drop it and put it in my can. True story...now thats a SCAVENGER!!!. Compared to that, metal detecting has become " historical artifact recovery"
 
Stealing worms from the birds? Hot dang, now thats a scavenger!:rofl: Anybody got anything that can beat Surfin'? Maybe one of you takes pencils from some blind guy or something?:rofl:
Mud
 
mudpuppy said:
Stealing worms from the birds? Hot dang, now thats a scavenger!:rofl: Anybody got anything that can beat Surfin'? Maybe one of you takes pencils from some blind guy or something?:rofl:
Mud[/quoteYeah I gotta admit, that was bad but i spent so much time digging and not finding and I noticed the bird was so good she got one every time and a light went off in my head. Now mind you, I ain't never been "right" in the head:crazy:
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I never developed a taste for worms but I smoked plenty of Lee Melon cigarettes and ate a lot of poor man's spaghetti while I was getting through college,,,turned out the suffering wasn't worth it, should've just found a job.......like detecting :)
 
Scavenger? Hardly. I go out and Rescue lost items and bring them home where they are safe.

Actually I think that there were some Pirates, Thieves, Rogues, Horse Thieves, In my Ancestry and I have inherited all their worst traits.
 
CeeBee7, take the wisdom of Popeye as gospel. I Yam what I Yam! You (and we) are scavengers, dumpster divers, scroungers, and vulchers!
Own it and be proud of it!
 
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