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The funniest thing happened while detecting:rofl:
- Thread starter awhitster
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Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah I had a guy give me a nickel the other day, that he had found while jogging around the ball field I was detecting. He probably felt sorry for me. Too bad it wasn't a SAC. 
Maybe I should get a hand organ and a monkey and toss the detector.
Bill
Maybe I should get a hand organ and a monkey and toss the detector.Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
There you go. 
Bill
Bill
draaiorgel
New member
Hey Bill,
I'm a watchin' ya.
A good hand organ is much more expensive than any detector, unless you turn a pile of gold rings into some decent cash plus 4 or 5 top end MD'rs.
If your game I'd give you any advice on these type of instruments. The disadvantage is their a lot heavier to lug about than a 'tector.
Couldn't resist buttin' in on that. LMAO
Ian & Eileen
I'm a watchin' ya.
A good hand organ is much more expensive than any detector, unless you turn a pile of gold rings into some decent cash plus 4 or 5 top end MD'rs.
If your game I'd give you any advice on these type of instruments. The disadvantage is their a lot heavier to lug about than a 'tector.
Couldn't resist buttin' in on that. LMAO
Ian & Eileen
draaiorgel
New member
Not being stuck up or anythin' but,
a hurdy gurdy happens to be a stringed instrument.
At least y'all got me postin' again.
Best wishes,
Ian & Eileen
a hurdy gurdy happens to be a stringed instrument.
At least y'all got me postin' again.
Best wishes,
Ian & Eileen
[quote draaiorgel]Not being stuck up or anythin' but,
a hurdy gurdy happens to be a stringed instrument. [/quote]
And a hurdy gurdy ias also a handcrank or "monkey organ".
From Wikpedia: Other instruments called hurdy gurdies.
In the eighteenth century the term hurdy gurdy was also applied to a small, portable "barrel organ" (a cranked box instrument with a number of organ pipes, a bellows and a barrel with pins that rotated and programmed the tunes) that was frequently played by poor buskers (street musicians). Barrel organs require only the turning of the crank, and the music is played automatically by pinned barrels, perforated paper rolls, and more recently by electronic modules.
This confusion over what the name hurdy gurdy means is particular to English, although similar confusion over other terms for the instrument occurs in German and Hungarian due to unfamiliarity with the hurdy gurdy. The French call the barrel organ the Orgue de Barbarie ("Barbary organ"), and the Germans Drehorgel ("turned organ"), instead of Drehleier ("turning lyre").
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a hurdy gurdy happens to be a stringed instrument. [/quote]
And a hurdy gurdy ias also a handcrank or "monkey organ".
From Wikpedia: Other instruments called hurdy gurdies.
In the eighteenth century the term hurdy gurdy was also applied to a small, portable "barrel organ" (a cranked box instrument with a number of organ pipes, a bellows and a barrel with pins that rotated and programmed the tunes) that was frequently played by poor buskers (street musicians). Barrel organs require only the turning of the crank, and the music is played automatically by pinned barrels, perforated paper rolls, and more recently by electronic modules.
This confusion over what the name hurdy gurdy means is particular to English, although similar confusion over other terms for the instrument occurs in German and Hungarian due to unfamiliarity with the hurdy gurdy. The French call the barrel organ the Orgue de Barbarie ("Barbary organ"), and the Germans Drehorgel ("turned organ"), instead of Drehleier ("turning lyre").
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Uncle Willy
New member
I could settle for a concertina and a spider monkey.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy with a walkman, external speakers and a monkey hand puppet aside.
Hunting a playground at a park, a girl of about nine or ten asked what I was doing? "Looking for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters I said". She asked me if I wanted her to run home and make me a sandwich?
Hunting a playground at another park about dusk, here comes two young married couples to the swings. Wife no.1 comes over to see what I'm doing. I throw a nickel I had found on the mulch and had her the old Garrett GTA1000. I have her swing over the nickel. I show her how it registered a nickel. Showing off my vast metal detecting knowledge, I told her her wedding ring would register nickel. Wrong thing to say. Off comes the ring and on the mulch it goes. Husband no.1 has been watching these events with some jealousy and wife paying attention to the scruffy old dude. Bong, bong Mr. Garrett says nickel. Wife no.1 says "Honey, my ring registers the same as a nickel". Husband no.1 comes running over, "but honey I paid good money for that ring". I decided it was time to move along and husband no.2 was laughing his butt off. I hope I did cause a divorce. I was only trying to help.
Hunting a playground at a park, a girl of about nine or ten asked what I was doing? "Looking for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters I said". She asked me if I wanted her to run home and make me a sandwich?
Hunting a playground at another park about dusk, here comes two young married couples to the swings. Wife no.1 comes over to see what I'm doing. I throw a nickel I had found on the mulch and had her the old Garrett GTA1000. I have her swing over the nickel. I show her how it registered a nickel. Showing off my vast metal detecting knowledge, I told her her wedding ring would register nickel. Wrong thing to say. Off comes the ring and on the mulch it goes. Husband no.1 has been watching these events with some jealousy and wife paying attention to the scruffy old dude. Bong, bong Mr. Garrett says nickel. Wife no.1 says "Honey, my ring registers the same as a nickel". Husband no.1 comes running over, "but honey I paid good money for that ring". I decided it was time to move along and husband no.2 was laughing his butt off. I hope I did cause a divorce. I was only trying to help.
draaiorgel
New member
My last words on this subject as it is way of topic.
A "hurdy gurdy" is a stringed instrument which is played by turning a handle which spins a rosin-coated wheel against the strings. So the sound resenbles a violin.
The confusion comes with the similarity of a box with a handle on the side. Joe Public doesn't have any idea what's inside the box, so the hurdy gurdy name migrated to busker organs.
The reference to the name "applying" to barrel organs was only by mis-guided individuals, not officially.
A "hurdy gurdy" is a stringed instrument which is played by turning a handle which spins a rosin-coated wheel against the strings. So the sound resenbles a violin.
The confusion comes with the similarity of a box with a handle on the side. Joe Public doesn't have any idea what's inside the box, so the hurdy gurdy name migrated to busker organs.
The reference to the name "applying" to barrel organs was only by mis-guided individuals, not officially.
John 'n' W.Va
Active member
n/t
Leslie(nova scotia)
Well-known member
From the land of the Bluenose.....too funny. beats the halibut out of a dog using you as a fire hydrant or a "jumping" on your leg when your down on all fours digging a hole!
[quote Leslie(nova scotia)]From the land of the Bluenose.....too funny. beats the halibut out of a dog using you as a fire hydrant or a "jumping" on your leg when your down on all fours digging a hole![/quote]Yea I've heard some good ones. The little girl offering to make a sandwich is priceless.
He is reason why I wore Nero shirts in the 8th grade.
"Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I opened up my eyes to take a peek
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquility;
It was there when the hurdy gurdy man
Came singing songs of love."
Donovon
Oh, the good old days of Peace, Love and Bobby Sherman
"Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I opened up my eyes to take a peek
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquility;
It was there when the hurdy gurdy man
Came singing songs of love."
Donovon
Oh, the good old days of Peace, Love and Bobby Sherman