Do I get a Purple Heart?

[SGWiley]

So, as some may know, I'm rather new here. I just started hunting maybe a few weeks ago, with some pretty decent clad finds.

Anyway, I was searching through a local tot-lot, and was underneath the monkeybars, unknowing that I was headed right for a steeringwheel shaped extension.

BAM! I clocked myself like you wouldn't believe. I actually had to stop for a second to make sure my brains wouldn't leak out! :P

Talk about a lesson learned!!!!!!

 

[OZARKS]

Well, you get the Knocked Noggin Award anyway

Hope it knocked some sense into you n not out... just playin...lol

I would guess that we've all done it at some point hahaha

 

[jmorton04]

Did your detector get hurt?

So, as some may know, I'm rather new here. I just started hunting maybe a few weeks ago, with some pretty decent clad finds.

Anyway, I was searching through a local tot-lot, and was underneath the monkeybars, unknowing that I was headed right for a steeringwheel shaped extension.

BAM! I clocked myself like you wouldn't believe. I actually had to stop for a second to make sure my brains wouldn't leak out! :P

Talk about a lesson learned!!!!!!

I hope that you are OK. Yes we all experience some self inflicted pain. Perhaps you will find something under the monkeybars next time.
HH,
John Morton

 

[NHKeith]

I got poison IVY BAD the first season I detected..

 

[bruinvikes]

I'm not sure about the purple heart, but I'm sure a lump on the noggin will be in your future I hope that you are alright!

 

[pescadore]

No pain ..no gain...suck it up rookie !!

 

[Xaquin]

If I had a dime for every time I walked into a tree branch and almost gouged my eye out while MDing .... I wouldn't have to MD anymore lol

 

[LIBear]

Last time I banged my head like that I saw stars. I first looked around to see how many people saw it and were laughing. I then sat down, took a break and regained my focus.

Its happened to us all at one time or another.

 

[vanstheman3]

Lol

I know sometimes head lumps turn purple especially on the forehead,,,

Welcome from Lake Dallas Texas. I am asking anyone new to MD to Please Read "The Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics", and to Please learn to cut Flaps/Plugs and to be sure you know proper digging and REPAIR Techniques! Please use Shovels only in the Woods or Farm fields, Please Don't Dig in Sports fields During Season, And Don"t Leave any debris or scrap at a search site! Realize everything you do now Reflects on our Hobby and on MDers everywhere!!! Please make the effort to be an Asset not a Liability!!! Good Luck and Happy Hunting....

 

[Flyerdog]

I walk into stuff all the time. i too have taken some head-knocks in tot lots

 

[gunwolf]

all you Marines are the same...next time shoot with your eyes open!

 

[Captain Silver]

Stay out of the totlots, they're unsafe for adults...I take enough 'injury timeouts' as it is while hunting, I've developed this thing for taking branches and logs to the shins lately, I sure don't need to take a monkey bar to the head

 

[Milhaus]

Try a hard hat and aviator mirrors. Safety, plus no one will approach you with questions about American Diggers.

 

[bamadigtab]

If I had a dime for every time I walked into a tree branch and almost gouged my eye out while MDing .... I wouldn't have to MD anymore lol

Well so much for visual discrimination I guess you are diggin more targets now

What's bad is when it is cold in the winter time and a limb slaps you across the ear and your is is very cold ...... ouch hurts much ......

 

[AirborneDave]

I did the same thing digging under a group of bleachers at a ballpark. Not once, not twice, but THREE times in the same day.

 

[diggerduo]

my hubby lost a battle with a two by four once and it left a tiny scar above is eye