Do Any Of You TALK To Your Detectors?!

[SageGrouse]

Or is it just me?
As you know, each of my rigs has had a name. My first was Risonante, and I've named every detector since then. Currently my MineLab XTerra is Madame X, my BHT with the sniper coil is Calvin, and my BHT with the standard coil is Hobbes.

When I find stuff and dig it up, I make a habit of praising and thanking the detector "Ooh, a quarter! Good WORK! Thank you!" or "Now now, that was just a rusty wire. You can do better. Come on, Girl, let's go find something more."

Am I crazy? have I been out in the sun too long? For whatever reason, keeping up a dialogue with my equipment just seems "right" to me.
How about you? do you talk to your detectors?
Sage(Hey! What are you doing with that butterfly net?!)Grouse

 

[Foragist]

Well, I guess, since the detectors "talk" to you, it only makes sense.
Good luck with that.

 

[Silversmith45]

I have an older Garrett 2500. It talks to me.

 

[GKL]

Hey, send that idea in to Amazon, maybe they can put Amazon Alexa in detectors so you can REALLY have a conversation with your detector

 

[SageGrouse]

Hey, send that idea in to Amazon, maybe they can put Amazon Alexa in detectors so you can REALLY have a conversation with your detector

Oh, I can just HEAR it now!
"Alexa"
"Yes?"
"Where is the gold coin?"
"In your dreams!"
Sage(My version of interactive technology is the Chatty Kathy doll I had when I was 7)Grouse

 

[Stiffwrists]

Haha. I have a great woking relationship with my detector! The secret to it... is listening more than talking.

 

[georgeinsc]

I may occasionally talk to mine but they totally ignore what I am saying. Regardless of how much I beg and plead they just go on doing their own thing.

 

[Rickdes]

Nate nox. Paulie pinpointer. Norm the 11 inch coil. Albert the 15 inch coil.

My therapist doesn’t know. She would up my meds I think.

 

[GKL]

Oh, I can just HEAR it now!
"Alexa"
"Yes?"
"Where is the gold coin?"
"In your dreams!"
Sage(My version of interactive technology is the Chatty Kathy doll I had when I was 7)Grouse

 

[dirtykneese]

Here I thought I was the only crazy one on here.
I talk to mine all the time.
Yep, she talks back to me too.
You would not believe some of the things we talk about.
Most of the time I ask for gold.
She thinks I am asking a lot and she will give me PULL TABS..

I think I am still OK... KEN

 

[AirmetTango]

I don't think I can tell you the things I said to my detector when it told me that giant rusty 3" bolt I dug last week was a silver quarter...I don't want to get banned

 

[amc rulz]

Well uh, so THAT’S what those voices are ~

 

[ROBOTCOP13]

Yeah, you're nuts.

 

[Seaking406]

I ride my motorcycle to make the voices go away, I go metal detecting to have a conversation with my detector..

I see nothing wrong with that... right? not at all.. That's what I thought... right...

 

[ChrisnAmanda1]

Haha madame x.... that was a kick *** band back in the 80s....

 

[metaladdict]

Uh NO!

 

[trouble hunter]

Oh no

I USED TOP DO THAT ALSO UNTIL THEY CARRIED ME AWAY TO THAT DEEP, DARK AND PUT ME IN IT.....
SINCE THEN I DONT TALK MUCH I DONT THINK YOU WILL EITHER WHEN THEY GET

 

[AquaHunter]

Sometimes I talk to my bowling ball (I'm a league bowler). It seems to be fairly effective.

The detector - no. The target - sometimes. Like "Where the _____ are you?" or "What the _____ is this?".

 

[Dan B.]

I gave my detector a name. Her name is Penny.

 

[RichieSoprano]

Oh, GREAT! Is this what I am headed for? I just bought a tek patriot and invested some serious(for me)coin....and now the VOICES are gonna come BACK?
What ARE they gonna say at church? What'll the wife do? Last time the Voices weren't nice to her.
On a more philosophical remembrance...think back to the movie Field of Dreams. Ray Kinsella(costner's character) asked the other farmers if they heard voices in their corn and if they talked to their corn. Meanwhile, Patsy Cline is singing "Crazy" in the background. I LOVE that movie.
My assessment is...go for it. I know I'm gonna. In fact, I'm going with Patsy. But, I really am crazy about my wife.