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i hate people

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bigfatcha

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today i went down to my local public park to do some MD , so i was there for about a half hour ,wen i notice a car on the side of the road with the window down and the man inside looking at me and his wife with her head turned at him . So i look over and he yells " hey what are you doing " with a snippy attitude and i replied " metal detecting " he then goes " your not allowed to be in there " i then said yea i am its a public park" he then replied " your not allowed to do that in public parks and you can't just come into this neighborhood and do this" and then i said " i live here too " and then he replied " o yea were do you Live " which has nothing to do with the issue here and i answered with the road that i live on but not the number because i don't want any stalkers lol , he then replied " this park was an Indian fort so is protected , look at the sign " so i look at the sign for the park and it gives a brief history of the park and what happened here many years ago , but nothing saying words like " reserved" or " protected" or even the odious like " no metal detecting" so i say " i don't understand i don't see anything saying that i can't metal detect here", as his wife in the passenger seat starts muttering " stop it , just stop " he then replies " well I'm calling the cops ", as he starts to pull away so i replied " OK i"ll be here waiting , why don't you stay here to " as he drives off so i put my metal detector in my car and i sat there for an hour waiting for the cops to come, because i was curious if i was wrong, so the cops never showed probably because they weren't ever called . and it wasn't like i was making a mess of the park i am extremely clean wen i fill the holes back in , so my question is why are some people like this ?
 
I think the problem is that some people have nothing better to do than stick their noses in other people business. I know the kind of people you're talking about. I think you did the right thing. He probably never called the police because he knows he doesn't have a leg to stand on. I say, make sure that the park is ok to detect in by calling the parks division, keep pressing on and find some good stuff! HH :usaf:
 
Everybody has an "anus", but when it's on their head, they can be a problem. I don't tolerate interference from those kind anymore. Been there, though..
 
Well Friend......to answer your question.............why are people this way? Because they have no true caring for others in their hearts, outside of their family and friends.
How bad is it? Obama is is trying to create a Board of Civility...........to try and teach americans how to act like humans. I think its the only good idea Obama has come up with so far.
I am 55, and so ashamed of most of my country's citizens these days. It's like its not even America anymore:cry:
 
good for you aviator,,, i had same issue on a soccer field after season.... i usually dont hunt on the field but as i was going from 1 sideline to the other i decided to swing the machine along. well this field is also a very old football field playground. well long story short i had some great hits so i dug and replaced everything the way your suppose to and a guy starts his rampage with me about his kids playing on that feild and someone could break an ankle in the holes an all.. he said you cant just dig holes and leave them. i replied he,s is absolutely right and that if he ever see,s anyone doing so he should call the cops !!!!! i also told him my kids played i that field also.. well he came out a little closer and couldnt see where the holes were i had dug and left mummbling to himself. i hunted for another hr. just to see if any police would show and they didnt.. he hasnt bothered me since.. sometimes ya just gotta speak. be polite but let them know we have rights also..
 
i have a stock answer: while i appreciate your opinion its inappropriate to force your opinion on me, i do not force my opinion on you so best we part company now and keep our opinions to ourselves it much nicer that way for everyone to live in harmony. thank you! i will be on my way now with my opinion and i hope you can do the same.

haven't used it yet as 99.9% of people are nice or keep their opinion to themselves but it only takes one to be rude! we all have opinions on things that's what makes us who we are but forcible using them to intimidate or scare is inappropriate and if any one should be calling the police i would say it should be you!

cheers and thanks! just my opinion :rolleyes:
 
Looks like the idiot was having a fight with his wife and she was winning so he decided to take it out
on the next person that happens to be you.
Had same thing happen to me last year, young woman stop her car opens windows and starts yelling
cursing at me.
I blow her a kiss and she screamed spinning her car wheels like a shot out of hell I just stood there laughing.
 
I had a nosey neighbor call the cops one time because she was concerned I was going to mess around with the heavy equipment at the construction site. I had written permission to be there,though. Never did find out which neighbor called the cops.
 
[size=large]i for one know johno's and bigfatcha's answers to be the best. "an answer when mild turns away rage". these are bullies. challenge them in a mild polite manner and they go away. don't argue points. take the argument away. make them prove themselves. just be calm and non-challeging.
mders here in the kelso/ longview area have permission from the city and county park directors. there is one lowly city parks grounds keeper who runs the mders off. i can hardly wait for my turn. we do have rights and letting these bullies push us around means we give up those rights. and the gov't ain't into teaching us anything but blind obedience.jmho.
i think it's part of mding to practice responces. just to be ready with a mild but firm answer.[/size]
 
I think we all have some kind of encounter with some one at one time or another. People just do not understand our hobby. We were hunting a very small park last year when this lady shows up with a cell phone to her ear wanting to know what we were doing. It appeared the several neighbors that belong to the neighborhood watch called her say people were doing some unusual things in their park. She said she did not know if we should be there. She called the Park official and he told her that it was perfectly ok for us to metal detect there. She appologized and said there was a lot of drug activity in the area and they were concerned. So we showed her some of the things we found and removed such as old coins as well as razor blades and sharp objects.
 
I try to look at it from other people's perspective - they see someone digging holes in their park or at their child's school and they think it's their duty to say something. That's okay - if it's possible, maybe it's good to explain that you have permission or that it is not illegal for you to be metal detecting there, as well as showing them that you are careful to cover the hole and place the plug back in the ground is a good way to diffuse the situation. I realize that not all people are willing to listen or want to believe that it is okay and prefer just to be kind of jerks. I had one lady, while I was detecting in an athletic field at our local school, say to me, "Do you think the school is going to appreciate you digging holes all over the place?" I politely told her that I had dug probably 50 holes in that area and can she point even one of the holes out to me? She just stuck her nose up in the air and continued walking. Kill 'em with kindness I say :)

Nugget
 
introduced him to the hobby.
invited him to join me and give it a try even.
Maybe his atitude is like that often and he aint got many freinds which would make him cranky.
Them thick skinned older fellers like that can actualy be fun to know.
And more than likely they are a wealth of knowledge of the area.
That whole scenerio screamed opportunity to me.
An opportunity for a new friend and a wealth of local information.
 
I was water hunting at a local lake onetime and this 'lady' informed me that my metal detector was shocking her and her children in the water. WHAT comeback could I say to that kind of reasoning?

I was obviously bothering this woman, I was tired and ready to leave anyway, so I say something like " I'm leaving anyway,and this detector operates at 12 volts, no way it could shock you!" She just wanted to argue, so I just left her standing there. Went back to that lake many times since and never saw her again, not that her being there would stop me from detecting at this lake, as it has produced a lot of gold jewelery. People suck, some more that others, but the people that know they suck..... suck less than others that don't realise they suck! 59 years experience with dealing with sucky people........me included, because sometimes I suck too! I know that I suck, so I try hard NOT to suck. You being 17 years old, have a long time to figure that one out.
 
Jist kiddin Hombre :lol:
I certainly would have played that woman to no end.
I would have started out with somethin like... well, the shock from this aint nothin like the land mines you could step on here if i don't find 'em all :lol:
Wish i was 17 again :biggrin:
 
I have always had the opposite response from people when I hunt. Most are curious about the hobby and have all kinds of questions. As a person that is older, I don't get a lot of those that are rude. Had a person try to strong arm rob me of my gear, but found that not to likely on his part. Most of the time I don't notice who is around me and have had my wife say that people ask me questions, but I keep on detecting. Unless I see them, I don't hear them. I don't intend to be rude either, I just didn't see them. The Parks Department in Portland, Oregon has always welcomed me and others that are in this hobby and have treated me well. One thing that the grounds keepers are stating to ask of us is to remove targets if possible with a screwdriver. Seems we meet all kinds of people in this hobby.
 
Jim West Pa said:
Jist kiddin Hombre :lol:
I certainly would have played that woman to no end.
I would have started out with somethin like... well, the shock from this aint nothin like the land mines you could step on here if i don't find 'em all :lol:
Wish i was 17 again :biggrin:
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You evidently have never argued with a woman other than your wife, there aren't any battles to be 'won' on that front. No matter how well you argue your point, you will be made out the 'bad guy'.

So.....since I was ready to leave anyway, just left her to argue by herself. Just let it be.
 
n/t
 
If the request for the screw driver was to keep the plugs as small as possible.....i friend o' mine from yer neck o' the woods showed me that by cuttin the plug big, like basketball size big,it prevents the plug from bein sucked up by the lawn mower.
They don't 'heal' any different than if you were to cut a wee small plug.
 
I had the same thing told to me by Monte as well. I did this and had the city parks people tell me to please use the screw driver unless the target was real deep.I was using my trowel to dig the deep targets and always refill my holes when done. Other parks I have been in the grounds people usually thank us that detect for removing the trash. You just never know who or what will be said. Have a great hunt.
 
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