Most tot-lots are not metal detectorist user-friendly!

[Goldstrike]

Many tot-lots have equiptment that will give you a nasty head banging if your not careful! and they sure can be metal detectorist user UN-friendly! Most of the time, I wear a baseball cap that absorbs some of the impact but it still comes as a painful surprise when your looking down and concentrating on eyeballing a ring or coins!! It gives new meaning to the phrase "HEADS UP"!!!!

 

[mudpuppy]

Yep! Totlots and hunting under bleachers will really scalp a guy...happens many times every year even though I try to be careful...
Mud

 

[Steve O]

The brim of the baseball cap will keep you from seeing low hanging objects. I always wear one and have skimmed my head many times on the job site. If I hunted tot lots I know there'd be some stars going on....and moms chuckling.

 

[seekingtreasure]

Very fashionable for those who hunt with a Garrett Ace.

 

[Goldstrike]

S.T. don't forget the yellow braces!! Then I would really feel like a member of the 'Village People' singing group!

 

[GeorgeinSC]

I rarely hit my head in a tot lot even though I am just a bit over 6 ft tall. I spent a lot of years riding Submarines and believe me there are a lot of places a guy can hit his head. Do it often enough and you will learn to keep a sharp eye on the overhead. Its hard on the knees if you hit your head hard enough.

 

[Goldstrike]

George....I think it would take just a few hard head cracks in a sub; to make you aware all of the time to all that pipe work and steel packed into a small space. Thank you for your service!

 

[GeorgeinSC]

For a few years I would go over to Patriots Point Naval and Air Museum in Mt Pleasant SC and give tours thru the former USS Clamagore SS-343.

About half way thru the tour folks would look at me and say "You didnt serve on Submarines did you?" When I asked them how they reached that conclusion they would tell me that I was too Big. I admitted that I had gained a little weight since retiring and that would make them say "I meant you are too tall."

There were no height restrictions when I was in. I am told that six five or six six is current height restriction.

Yes one learned very quickly where to duck as you walked thru one of those boats. Especially the Old Diesel Electric (WW-II type) Boats with all the low hanging pipes, valves etc. Hit your head hard enough and your knees hit the steel deck quite hard. BTDT. Your eyes are the best weapon we have to keep our heads from hitting things. Caps and hats make seeing obstacles over heads very difficult.

 

[Old California]

I use baseball bump caps, They have an inner bump shell and more sporty looking than construction bump caps can't even tell there're a bump cap. Use them all the time especially out relic hunting, They are a part of my gear never leave home without one.

Paul (Ca)

 

[ironsight]

When i worked for a defense contractor down in San Diego years ago, a lot of my co-workers were Navy vets including submariners. Far as i can remember none of those submariner vets were over 6 foot tall. In fact most were a lot shorter than that.

Can't imagine being 6'5" in a sub.... without a hard hat that is.
There was a show on one of the cable channels about those tiny WW-II Japanese 2-man mini-subs. Wow.. talk about sardines!

Far as tot lots, yeah i banged my head a few times. Learned real quick to reverse my cap like gangsta!
Worse is searching dense woods and getting slapped by tree branches or poked by thorn brush!

 

[John(Tx)]

I also ran into a wasp nest under a platform, glad I saw them before they got angry......careful out there....

 

[Overvoltage]

I was detecting a sidewalk at a local high school, looking down as I was walking along and BAM, ran right into a tree branch that had recently been trimmed. They left about an inch sticking down from a larger branch and that little stick stuck right into my noggin. Man did it blead I wear a hat now when I detect around trees and brush

 

[GeorgeinSC]

When I was on the Old WW-II type diesel electric we had a guy on board who was 6'6". At that time I was about 6'2". Old age has caused me to shrink down to about 6'. We had men from 5'3" to 6'6" on board. There was one submarine Officer that was 7' Tall. They had to make a modification to his bunk so that he had a place to put his feet. He was the tallest that I have ever heard of that served on board a submarine.

 

[pecor]

Very fashionable for those who hunt with a Garrett Ace.

Dang thats a great idea for some site's That are burned out old home's I want to hunt, Between the hat and a blaze orange vest they would think I'm a county worker looking for pipes? or shut -offs?

 

[ironsight]

I also ran into a wasp nest under a platform, glad I saw them before they got angry......careful out there....

I was relic hunting in an extremely remote area last Summer searching for a long gone stage coach depot/post office/tavern. Was doing ok until i saw a bunch of coyote poop all over the place and what looked like a den of some kind.
Decided to leave since i wasn't carrying a sidearm that day. When i got back to my Jeep, i looked down at my shoes and to my horror ticks crawling all over my pant legs.
Flung about a dozen off and pulled a few more out later on in the shower!

Who woulda thought metal detecting could be hazardous to your health?

 

[Woodchuck]

LOL I was wearing a hard hat once and climbing in and out of a yard dog and hit my head so hard on the overhead door beam I still got a concussion from it.! Didn't know I had one until the next day. When I went to work day and everything was in slow motion and had a slurred speech and someone I was talking to asked what was wrong with me. I didn't even know something was wrong. So believe me I am careful around detecting tot lots LOL

 

[Goldstrike]

All great posts thanks for contributing! I wonder if there is some special insurance for our line of work (metal detecting)? goodness knows, we sure could use it at times as proved by the different posts here!