early_americana
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You should have just said "you use ain't AND a double negative in one sentence, and you're callin' me dumb?"
Funny Things that Happen While Detecting
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mastereagle22
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Got the police involved
Two nights ago a buddy and I were detecting at an old school when all of sudden wham wham wham wham. Looked up to see a guy in the backyard of the house next door to the school taking a round nose shovel to a car in his backyard. Then a kid in his late teens early twenties came out yelling and screaming. A lot of yelling and cuss words later a gun was brought up. That was it. I called the police walked over to my buddy and told him we were leaving. Just as we were getting to the car the police pulled up and asked if we were the guys swinging the shovel and yelling. I informed them that I was the one that called them and they told us to leave. As I drove off I saw them put the man with the shovel on the ground and hand cuff him. It wasn't funny, it was very scary. And to think this happened right in the middle of our town in a decent area!!! Man I will be a lot more careful where I go to detect.
Two nights ago a buddy and I were detecting at an old school when all of sudden wham wham wham wham. Looked up to see a guy in the backyard of the house next door to the school taking a round nose shovel to a car in his backyard. Then a kid in his late teens early twenties came out yelling and screaming. A lot of yelling and cuss words later a gun was brought up. That was it. I called the police walked over to my buddy and told him we were leaving. Just as we were getting to the car the police pulled up and asked if we were the guys swinging the shovel and yelling. I informed them that I was the one that called them and they told us to leave. As I drove off I saw them put the man with the shovel on the ground and hand cuff him. It wasn't funny, it was very scary. And to think this happened right in the middle of our town in a decent area!!! Man I will be a lot more careful where I go to detect.
hobbes_lives
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You should have pulled our your little hand trowel and started swinging it around and yelling!
Sorry, first thought that came to mind. 
All kidding aside, that is pretty darn scary. When a gun shows up, well, I'd say it's definitely time to go. I imagine your heart was racing for some time after that, even though you weren't directly involved in the dispute. It just goes to show you that you can't be too cautions, no matter what you are doing.
Orlando Auction
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Great thread
As a father, and a once nosey child, I simply try to be nice. I used to be one of those pests, thats why I hunt today. We would pepper the lawn in front of my uncle. In retrospect I'm sure he knew but he always played along.
At the tot lots I simply act like I cant hear them unless I pull my headphones off my head and delay digging a target until they go. Once I gave a kid a coin, huge mistake.
It was like giving one Seagull a french fry. Look out!
Good thread.
Thanks for the laugh.
As a father, and a once nosey child, I simply try to be nice. I used to be one of those pests, thats why I hunt today. We would pepper the lawn in front of my uncle. In retrospect I'm sure he knew but he always played along.
At the tot lots I simply act like I cant hear them unless I pull my headphones off my head and delay digging a target until they go. Once I gave a kid a coin, huge mistake.
It was like giving one Seagull a french fry. Look out!
Good thread.
Thanks for the laugh.
C
c0insh00ter
I like the one where these kids were asking my wife what shes doing and what has she found? One of the kids said your not going to find anything here! When alittle girl said sure she will (This ground has been around here as long as i can remember).
wishooter
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I Pulled Up on a City Tot Lot Park. That was on the End of a Culdesac. I Remember Thinking This was Like the Neighborhoods Private Playground. By the Time I Started Sweeping I had a Crowd of Kids. When I Dug My First Car, the owner Stepped Forward, this happened Three More Times. When I Boinged on a Quarter, I Scooped a New Shiney Quarter Up and Let the Smallest Kid Reach in and Take it Out of the Basket. Walking Back to the Car,
the Kids were Telling me About All there Lost Toys. I Felt Like a Superhero
with Superpowers, Who Came By and Save the Day, by Returning the Lost Toys to There Thankful Owners.
the Kids were Telling me About All there Lost Toys. I Felt Like a Superhero
with Superpowers, Who Came By and Save the Day, by Returning the Lost Toys to There Thankful Owners.
Homerun04
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My story is funny, but has nothing to do with other people bothering me while I detect.....
For my first year hunting I was dying to find my first colonial coin. My hunting buddy had many, many nice colonials he had found over the years, but as a new detectorist I had none. Everytime he would show me his 1700-era coins I would turn green with envy.
Well one day we decided to hunt a field that looked very promising for colonials. After about 4 or 5 hours hitting the field hard, I came up to a very tall old oak tree -- the kind you could envision a rope swing hanging from years and years ago. Sure as can be, my machine went bullistic at the base of the tree with a very strong signal. I dug and dug, and could almost see my first colonial coming out of the ground. And there it was....I popped it out and just rubbed lightly on the coin as to not harm it. I was so excited. All I could see was the bust of a figure, but I knew it was a great colonial that was in great shape, too.
I did the dance, and loudly called over for my buddy to come quickly to admire my first colonial. He has much more experience with old coins then I do. As I handed my new pride and joy to him, he burst out laughing. Confused, I asked him what was so funny. Well, you probably guessed it by now.....my first colonial turned out to be a 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar.
Ever since then, my hunting nickname has become Susan B........ :-)
For my first year hunting I was dying to find my first colonial coin. My hunting buddy had many, many nice colonials he had found over the years, but as a new detectorist I had none. Everytime he would show me his 1700-era coins I would turn green with envy.
Well one day we decided to hunt a field that looked very promising for colonials. After about 4 or 5 hours hitting the field hard, I came up to a very tall old oak tree -- the kind you could envision a rope swing hanging from years and years ago. Sure as can be, my machine went bullistic at the base of the tree with a very strong signal. I dug and dug, and could almost see my first colonial coming out of the ground. And there it was....I popped it out and just rubbed lightly on the coin as to not harm it. I was so excited. All I could see was the bust of a figure, but I knew it was a great colonial that was in great shape, too.
I did the dance, and loudly called over for my buddy to come quickly to admire my first colonial. He has much more experience with old coins then I do. As I handed my new pride and joy to him, he burst out laughing. Confused, I asked him what was so funny. Well, you probably guessed it by now.....my first colonial turned out to be a 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar.
Ever since then, my hunting nickname has become Susan B........ :-)
Golden
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I was sitting on a shallow sand bar about 50 metres off shore, with my Excalibur in hand, and all suited up, and a guy wades past me some distance away and asks me if I'm mining????!
I also had a lady once ask me if I was looking for worms! :spin:
I also had a lady once ask me if I was looking for worms! :spin:
bugguy
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mostly ive had kids ask if i have found anyting yet , the other day a women asked if i had found any thing yet also, i replied no not yet . she said ok well when you do give it back to me since im sure it was me who lost it . i told her sure thing Mam .
for some reason people always joke with me no matter what the subject . at the same park a man asked " do you really find stuff with those things?" i said no not really i just like the look of and old pull tab as it comes out of the ground . i think if some one asked if i was looking for worms i would have to slap them lol
for some reason people always joke with me no matter what the subject . at the same park a man asked " do you really find stuff with those things?" i said no not really i just like the look of and old pull tab as it comes out of the ground . i think if some one asked if i was looking for worms i would have to slap them lol
marmotteer
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last year in france i had an old lady ask me if i was looking for truffles,then recently another women (not blonde) asked me if i was looking for bait to fish with
mastereagle22
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It's MINE!
A few nights ago a friend and I were detecting an old school that closed down. I got a signal and started digging and suddenly a very small pair of shoes were standing next to the ground where I was digging. When I looked up a three y/o kid was standing there. "Whatcha doin" response "looking for metal in the ground" kid "Well if you find a watch it's mine my brother burried it right here." Then for the next twenty minuts every time I dug something up he told me a very elaborate story of how it was his and how it got there. I gave him the few pennies, and old watch face and a couple of pieces of junk metal I dug up. He decided he had had enough and left and went and told the other kids in the block, before my friend and I knew it we had thirty kids surrounding us and everything I dug the rest of the night was claimed by one kid or another. I did manage to get away with one dime, one nickel an old combo lock part and two pulltabs!
A few nights ago a friend and I were detecting an old school that closed down. I got a signal and started digging and suddenly a very small pair of shoes were standing next to the ground where I was digging. When I looked up a three y/o kid was standing there. "Whatcha doin" response "looking for metal in the ground" kid "Well if you find a watch it's mine my brother burried it right here." Then for the next twenty minuts every time I dug something up he told me a very elaborate story of how it was his and how it got there. I gave him the few pennies, and old watch face and a couple of pieces of junk metal I dug up. He decided he had had enough and left and went and told the other kids in the block, before my friend and I knew it we had thirty kids surrounding us and everything I dug the rest of the night was claimed by one kid or another. I did manage to get away with one dime, one nickel an old combo lock part and two pulltabs!
Titan1000
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They Came running
I was in the alley behind my house,Id just found a nice new penny just under the dirt, when someone about 50' away yells, Hey did you find something, I said as matter of fact I did,two people come running at me full throttle with big inquisitive eyes and ask what, what did you find. I pulled the penny from my Pocket and said this nice new penny, I thought both of them about stroked out.
I was in the alley behind my house,Id just found a nice new penny just under the dirt, when someone about 50' away yells, Hey did you find something, I said as matter of fact I did,two people come running at me full throttle with big inquisitive eyes and ask what, what did you find. I pulled the penny from my Pocket and said this nice new penny, I thought both of them about stroked out.
Treasure Quest
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The beaches where I detect seem to attract the college crowd. Almost every outing I'll have some group of college kids snickering and making comments. "Hey dude, ever find stuff with that thing?" "*snicker* *snicker*" (This is where I pull out my fake NY street Rolex out of my swim trunks pocket and say "Just this Rolex, it's kinda slow today..." That usually shuts them up or I get a "Woah! dude... sweet!" This is where I tell them not to through their beer caps in the sand... it slows me down.
bearbqd
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Should have said "So you assume that I'm going to kill you since I'm carrying a gun too?" Of course I'm sure he'd come back with the cops, but the look on his face would be priceless.
marmotteer
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had a spin out moment in provence a few weeks ago was detecting on a semi dryed up resevoir,(edf france electric land,the first day)just getting settled in then a choppa buzz starts invading my ears to finnaly start circuling around where i was(tottaly crapped it as it was the french police) i just stood there,then a second choppa sound joined in and it was the army,after 10 mins thinking i had properly gooofed it they buzzed of checking another zone right close,this went on for most of the morning around a 8,10 k area,got home and on the news some mafia dude from corsica had escaped from the nearby prison
detectordan
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Like the two walking by while I'm digging a pull-tab and one say's "I lost it." and I says O.K. it's yours
Like the two walking by while I'm digging a pull-tab and one say's "I lost it." and I says O.K. it's yours
detectordan
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I was hunting a old house a few years ago. I usually spend several days on a house property. Folks in the apartment complex next door curiosly watched me every day. I started where I left off one day and penny penny penny penny penny and then the laughing started next door. I was kinda embarrassed but I still did very well in that yard.
I was hunting a old house a few years ago. I usually spend several days on a house property. Folks in the apartment complex next door curiosly watched me every day. I started where I left off one day and penny penny penny penny penny and then the laughing started next door. I was kinda embarrassed but I still did very well in that yard.
fishlicker
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detectordan, I read on here a few weeks ago that that's when you start shouting " Holy moly, it's a rare (insert year) penny! I'm rich! I'm rich!" and run and jump into your car and speed off yelling out the window.
errr..or something like that.
( OT - Why are all the smilies in black and white here? )
errr..or something like that.
( OT - Why are all the smilies in black and white here? )
