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Anybody else had weird encounters with people?

For a peaceful and happy Life, People are best avoided altogether...definitely a guy has to be prepared mentally for when these things happen...lotsa crazies out there...and we eventually run into them, the trick is to not incur or become their chosen 'Target of Righteous Wrath'....let some other poor btard take the hit..[/QUOTE]

Yes. These words should be engraved and posted at our parks.
Intelligent guy.
 
A few years ago me and my dad rode our bikes down to an ice cream shop a few blocks away. I got my ice cream and went outside as I waited for my dad to get his. I notice some lady looking at me from the distance. She eventually walked up to me and told me her son had a bike just like mine that went missing. She then goes on to accuse me of stealing said bike. Eventually my dad comes out and the lady flies off the handle at him and is saying she'll call the cops. Eventually my dad says something along the lines of, "you do that", and we ride off back home. As I turn back I can see her flipping us the bird.
 
Beyonder123 said:
A few years ago me and my dad rode our bikes down to an ice cream shop a few blocks away. I got my ice cream and went outside as I waited for my dad to get his. I notice some lady looking at me from the distance. She eventually walked up to me and told me her son had a bike just like mine that went missing. She then goes on to accuse me of stealing said bike. Eventually my dad comes out and the lady flies off the handle at him and is saying she'll call the cops. Eventually my dad says something along the lines of, "you do that", and we ride off back home. As I turn back I can see her flipping us the bird.
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Sometimes, well meaning people ruin other people's day.

My wife had a license plate stolen off her Red Honda Civic in 1999... I remember distinctly, the day I walked out of Walmart, and saw "her" plate on another Red Honda Civic. I immediately reported it to security and had them call the cops. The cops arrived, just as the lady was walking out of the store with her groceries. She was PISSED that the cop wouldn't let her go until we got to the bottom of the situation. The cop pulled the registration, and it had the SAME month of experiation, and even the same insurance company.. >But the number on the plate was NOT the number on my wife's stolen plate.

Oops. The lady was FURIOUS that she was delayed from going home with her groceries. Threatening lawsuits, defamation of character, blah blah blah. It was just an honest mistake I made. I still feel bad about it, but dad-gum. She went OFF THE HANDLE about it.

It taught me to recognize that people DO make mistakes. Sure, the bike you were riding looked like her son's, and she may have honestly believed you stole it. But instead of confronting you, she should have called the cops.

What tells me that she didn't know, was the fact she was flipping you off. I was NOTHING but polite to the gal who I thought stole the plate off my wife's car. Turns out, she didn't. But she was ANYTHING but polite to me and the poor officer called into check out the situation!

Not sure why I shared there... there's no moral there, other than "people make mistakes." LOL

Skippy
 
Talking about cars, I had a customer of mine get a photo radar speeding ticket.
I don't recall the details was a long time ago. But it was not even his car ifo in the photo speeding ticket he won and was on tv for a few days.

Another time when had a job on a delivery van we were stopped by cops, They soon found out was not us they were looking for....seems a lot like shoot first cover up later.
 
sandgroper said:
Went for a quick hunt with my dad at a nearby school’s playground, when this guy stops by the school’s fence (which separates the playground and the playing field). He stood at the fence with his dogs for about 10mins watching us detect, not saying a single thing. He didn’t even reply to our friendly ‘hello’, instead he takes out his phone and starts taking pictures of us!! (huh??) I’m a bit annoyed that I left my phone at home, otherwise I would’ve started taking pictures of him as well! :lol: Not long afterwards dad and I left (with about $18), and then that guy moved on as well.

Just seems a bit weird that he wasn’t speaking to us and only taking photos. I’ve got no idea what his intentions were! :lol: Has anybody else experienced something weird like this before?
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Probably wanted to report you to the police, but was hoping to intimidate you with the photos.
 
90% of the people I encounter are very nice and just curious, but it REALLY helps to have the following with me:

1) My 10 year-old son. People always think it's "cute" when we're detecting together and couldn't care less if we're carrying shovels, even in nicer parts of town on curb strips, etc.

2) A trash bag. Seriously, guys, you gotta carry one when in public or semi-public places. It totally takes the focus off your shovel and puts it on the trash bag and you being a "do gooder" instead of a perceived hole-digging treasure-stealer. Heck, I even put some trash in it before I start my hunt. This practice has got me out of trouble with Park Rangers, City Park Maintenance crews and others.

But the worst encounter I ever had was being shot at in the middle of the woods while detecting. That took the cake for sure.
 
I've had someone call the cops on me but they parked over a block away and only watched me for about a minute before driving away. I had a trashy looking woman ride by me on a bike and call me a cheapskate. And two teenage boys once said something to me that I have a good idea was negative but I couldn't quite hear it. I found it ironic that two boys in skinny jeans thought they were better than me. They have much learning to do.
 
sandpointguy said:
And two teenage boys once said something to me that I have a good idea was negative but I couldn't quite hear it. I found it ironic that two boys in skinny jeans thought they were better than me. They have much learning to do.
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That happens to me quite often while I'm detecting, two weeks ago I was detecting in a park when a teenager in a passing car shouted something along the lines of "ha gay" to me. Other times people just yell in an aggressive manner from their cars. Doesn't bother me though, I'm getting used to it ;)
 
sandpointguy said:
I've had someone call the cops on me but they parked over a block away and only watched me for about a minute before driving away. I had a trashy looking woman ride by me on a bike and

call me a cheapskate.

And two teenage boys once said something to me that I have a good idea was negative but I couldn't quite hear it. I found it ironic that two boys in skinny jeans thought they were better than me. They have much learning to do.
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......if she knew how much some detectorists invest in equipment she might not be saying that :lol:
 
While hunting a very large city park I started to talk to a very friendly homeless man..the only weird part at the moment was that his bycycle had around 50 hook shaped wires hanging on the bike frame.

I was wondering what are those hooks far? pretty simple it must of been for the bags of bottles he probably finds,,,
 
Had some clown trying to steal my Memorials

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There's a young guy who has apparently taken up residence in or around our little town. He walks up and down the road, always talking to himself. He goes in our city offices sometimes and just stands there and talks to the people behind the utility payment desk - irritates the women there. Don't think he scares them, just irritates. They can all take care of themselves, if you know what I mean. They call the cops next door who come usher him out the door. Anyway one of the women told me about him and the stuff he says. He says he's been crucified 8 times and a lot of other crazy stuff. So I was out detecting the park last October and he wanders up and starts mumbling at me, kind of weaving back and forth like a snake. I said 'hey! Didn't I see you at a crucifixion a while back? You were great!' I think it seriously scared him - he left quickly and didn't return. Still see him walking the road, though. Wears the same parka-type jacket every day, July or December.
 
Pulltabby said:
Talking about cars, I had a customer of mine get a photo radar speeding ticket.
I don't recall the details was a long time ago. But it was not even his car ifo in the photo speeding ticket he won and was on tv for a few days.

Another time when had a job on a delivery van we were stopped by cops, They soon found out was not us they were looking for....seems a lot like shoot first cover up later.
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I got pulled over by a cop once. He told me a ran a red light about a mile back down the road. I told him I just pulled on to the road from the company right behind me. He then said, the car he was looking for was red, and had a tail fin (my car was graphite colored, with no fin). I didn't bother asking him why he pulled me over if he knew it wasn't me who ran the light. No doubt, he would have found a reason to ticket me.
 
Yesterday while detecting a park, two drunk men walk passed and I head them making fun of me and shouting stuff like "you're not going to find any gold" (ironically I did!) and "you're not going to make the news" etc etc.

I just ignored them, and after a while they gave up shouting at me and sat down against a fence to have some more beer. I'm not sure what happened next, but one of them must've become unconscious because his friend starting hitting him across the head and face, and punching him into his back and stomach. After watching a minute of this drama, I called over to him if he (the unconscious man) was alright, and his friend said 'yeah he's fine, he just doesn't want to wake up'.

He then pours some beer onto his friend, to which he opens his eyes for a moment, and then falls unconscious again. I asked whether I should call an ambulance, but he told me twice not to call anyone and that everyone will be find :roll:

I probably should've called the ambulance, but I didn't want the drunk man to get angry and starting beating me, so I just left. Better safe than sorry :)
 
roaddust66 said:
there were two car loads of hunters pulled up to this antebellum home on a Tennessee farm. We had regimental histories which discussed the area but no mention in the OR's so we knew it might be unknown.
I was the one who got out of the car and walked up to the door to ask permission to hunt. It was a lady with a baseball bat behind her back opened the door. I could see the words Mickey Mantle on the Lousiville Slugger she held behind her back as I introduced myself and who we were and that we wanted to metal detect her farm.
To make a long story short , she was nervous and hateful at first , the more I talked to her , the more at ease she became. She allowed us to hunt and the other men got out of their car and introduced themselves to her. We spread out across her farm which had been in the family before the civil war and found a few pieces here and there.
Around noon she walked out and announced that ' LUNCH WAS READY "
She invited eight men into her home and insisted she fix lunch for us. We sat down in a large dinning room to soup and sandwiches as she asked about each of us and our hobby of chasing history. She was a Grand Ole Dame living there by herself and she enjoyed the company.
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I'm sorry, but the movie Arsenic and Old Lace just came to mind while reading your story. :lol:

 
Crackerjack said:
I'm sorry, but the movie Arsenic and Old Lace just came to mind while reading your story. :lol:

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I was thinking about Arsenic and Old Lace too! My favorite line from that movie is Mortimer telling his fiancee why he can't marry her - "insanity runs in my family . . . it practically gallops!"
 
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