i feel like an idiot too/...the mistakes i've made

[GRAY GHOST]

hello all. it's a good topic, prohoofcare, but i just had to go a little further with it... thankyou, sir. oh man, the dumb things i've done... i bought an older whites, guess i was about 16, for the then princely sum of 5 bucks, sight unseen. everything was great about it... until i tried to turn it on. nothing. it had been gutted! no electronics whatsoever! that was not good. just try digging holes all day with a borrowed butterknife! ouch!!! and no headphones on near a busy highway!!! duh. no wonder i didn't find anything. i had heard about an old house foundation and went looking for it. took all day. finally i just sat down, tired, trying to remember what i'd been told. it was sooo hot, it was all a big jumble now, and i was mad at myself for forgetting the directions. then, dejected, i hung my head down, wait... there's a piece of old glass...a kid's ring...i jumped up, looked around me, and there was the foundation! i was sitting right on top of it. duh. or the time i happened up on this huge black snake who wouldn't stop following me - i guess i invaded his turf - so i started talking, then making motions toward him to make it go away. well, it only excited the snake more, so i kicked the ground, but struck a rock with my heel. ouch!!! sprained ankle...not worth it! another hot day, we were in the middle of a drought, and i just wasn't getting any beeps at all. i shouldn't of gone detecting that day; i wasn't in a good mood. the mayflies started dive bombing me, and the mosquitoes launched their separate attacks. i was miserable, but too hard headed to give up! cursing the weather and my stupid, non - working machine, i got a faint, deep signal. hmmmphhh, i thought, another darn tab. i reluctantly dug the hard ground, and out pops a 1773 spanish 2 reale! couldn't believe it. all i could do was stay on my knees, feelin' foolish, looking at it, and promised myself then and there to never act like that again. and i haven't. ...or the time i was in a huge hurry to get out, drove 2 miles to the site...no shovel. drove back and got it. drove back to site... no earphones...ummm, this is not your day, ghost...drove back and got 'em... drove back to site...and had a great day! i found out a long time ago to be ready and prepared for your hunt, and to have an open mind and a good attitude when you go. it really helps the hunt in general and increases your finds. iv'e forgotten my batteries too. and i've forgotten to turn my machine back on too. i'm just glad that nobody witnessed most of these. 'cause i sure enough would have looked like an idiot, and felt like one too. thanks for reading, hope to hear from you, and hh,


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[Cosmo]

LOL, thanks for this post and making me laugh. I

 

[scott charp]

awesome post as usual grey! did you get my reply? happy hunting my freind. scott charp

 

[BH-LandStar]

Great post Grey Ghost...We all need some comic relief from time to time...I think we have all at one time or another made some bone head moves or decisions. Once while hunting, I got so excited at finding a mercury dime, that I forgot I was on a steep hill, and backed up and ended up rolling head over heels down the hill...When I got to the bottom, I had grass stains everywhere, my headphone cable had snapped as it wrapped around me (luckily they were cheap walkman type), and my face musta been the color of a ripe tomato. Luckily, my Pioneer 202 survived the tumble...I have also taken a break, and then went back to hunting...After about 15 minutes with not a peep out of my Pioneer 505, I look down to find I never turned it back on...15 minutes wasted...LOL...I felt like such a fool...Sometimes my headphones come loose in the plug socket, and I do not hear the tones...I have since learned to check it if I am swinging longer than about 2 minutes without a tone...I also once almost stepped into a nest of ground bees...luckily, I was moving slow, and it was getting cold that night...bees were a tad sluggish...I am allergic to most bees, and am terrified of them....I had no kit on me either...Thank the Lord for all the right conditions that evening...



HH,

BH-LandStar

 

[redclay fingernails]

Ya'll have to promise to not laugh too hard but the very FIRST time I was going out, the day after I got my shiny new Lonestar from Santa (wife), I was so anxiuos to get going I was a mile down the road, doing the mental cheklist, digger...check, knee pad...check, daughter...check, extra batteries...check, detector, in all its glory in the new carry bag and all....NOPE! Left it sitting by the front door!! Talk about a sheepish grin as I walked back into the house to retrieve it. Now it is second on the list (behind the daughter) and I haven't done that since then. One of those life lessons, I guess!
BTW...thanks for everyones help earlier about my headphone question...all taken to heart and will to some experimentin' this weekend!

HH to all

RC in NC

 

[dobbie]

that is such a ME move.....i was out at the school across the street ready to do some huntin. the janitor tells me something was lost inside the kindergarten playground and the kid was freaking and the mom was very upset and i guess some of the parents went diggin in the bark looking for whatever the kid lost...never found it. so i said thanks on the tip and head out to it to try and find whatever it was. im huntin and huntin found buttons from overalls and such but nothing to important. then my detector starts beeping eradically all over the place. thinking i somehow broke my md i head for home still at a loss of whats out in the playground. i was more upset i broke my md. i get home and the dang coil cord came loose. that was the problem why it was beeping all crazy like. by then i was to cold and stayed home. but im heading out there again right now......