I don't heal up as fast now that I'm 50. Yesterday while digging out a 10 inch pull tab I sliced the end of my finger. I've pulled a lot of sharp crap out of the ground with little nicks and cuts from time to time. I never liked using gloves but I guess I may have to start?
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I guess I've been lucky for 26 years of recovering targets. But.....
- Thread starter khouse
- Start date
I never liked using gloves either but after slicing my hand very badly a few years ago on a piece of rusty metal in the hole while retrieving a target I changed my mind about gloves.-----I have since wore a glove on my left hand (for target retrieval in the hole).-----I swing my detector right handed & don't use a glove on that hand so the detector still stays clean.
Grumpyolddiver
New member
I never use to like gloves because I could'nt feel the coins as well.But since I have a probe, that's not as much of a problem anymore.The big chain hardwear stores have some that are stretchy cloth on the back of your hands and rubber over cloth on the palm and fingers.I first got a pair at Walmart in he sporting goods isle and they were for cleaning fish.They were about $4 I think and work great.But since then I have found them cheaper at Home Depot about $1.50.I also now use the gel knee pads and they help with ageing knee joints.Kinda look alittle foolish to some but if it keeps My knees from hurting it's well worth it. Grumpy
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
I am a glove man myself. Every time I don't use them I end up being cut.
Bottomfeeder
New member
n/t
MNCoinhunter
Active member
I did'nt use gloves at first. But then I starting coming home with raw fingertips. Never went without them after that. Knee pads are next on my list.
True. It's not that I haven't tried gloves. It that I wore the fingers through in no time and that's the part you need intact. I see it all the time in videos. The finger ends are wore through so to me there's no point in even wearing them for protection after that. This glove thing is much more complicated then trigonometry. What would Einstein do?
MNCoinhunter
Active member
Einstein would have worn gloves..
I never wore gloves until I got a nasty little cut and hadn't had a tetanus shot for over 12 yrs. had to get one and endured some excruciating pain on top of keeping me from detecting for awhile, I now wear gloves all the time. At first I hated it and caught myself trying to take them off but quickly got used to it and now it feels weird not to wear them.
Hands are surprisingly complex and can be significantly injured even by seemingly minor injuries. When I volunteered for an ambulance, we were trained to call for a helicopter transport for hand injuries even if they were far from life threatening. This is because of the relatively high likely hood of being permanently crippled. (The nearest hospital was 60 miles away, so that was a factor as well.)
If you don't wear gloves and detect a lot, you will eventually run your hand across a remnant of tin or some such thing and you will regret it. It may not cripple you, but it will suck.
If you don't wear gloves and detect a lot, you will eventually run your hand across a remnant of tin or some such thing and you will regret it. It may not cripple you, but it will suck.
I wear leather gloves. You can get pretty flexible leather gloves and after you wear them a while they get real comfortable. I used to dig bottles many years ago, and you learn the hard way that you gotta have some protection on your hands. I cringe when I see people scooping out a hole on a video and they are really digging hard with no gloves on. Skip
cyberfish2
Member
I got a pair of mechanics gloves at Sears. They last well, have good sensitivity, and rinse off fairly clean. My hands dont sweat in them, either. The gel knee pads are a
must @ 71. I use an old ski pole to help me stand up, and to point where I want to dig..... Looks kinda funny, but I need all the help I can get
must @ 71. I use an old ski pole to help me stand up, and to point where I want to dig..... Looks kinda funny, but I need all the help I can get
Sven
Well-known member
D&P-OR said:
I use golfers gloves made of leather, find them cheap at garage sales who are selling golf clubs. They are generally sold as one glove being left or righted golfer.
I wear two gloves one on each hand and they aren't a matched set but they work wonders. It's amazing how clean your hands are after a day of detecting wearing gloves.
KHouse,
Back in 2009, a local sewage plant had a major malfunction over here (Mishef, Kuwait) and the local beaches were contaminated. Authorities said that cholera was present on the beach and in the surf. I don't know how long that would remain in the environment, but I sure would hate to be the man who finds out.
I bought gloves to use.
Thanks,
John Morton
Back in 2009, a local sewage plant had a major malfunction over here (Mishef, Kuwait) and the local beaches were contaminated. Authorities said that cholera was present on the beach and in the surf. I don't know how long that would remain in the environment, but I sure would hate to be the man who finds out.
I bought gloves to use.
Thanks,
John Morton