Silversmith45
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Very off subject... but this reminds me of an English spelling exam in 6th grade. The word was "lightning" The teacher gave no sentence or definition. I wrote "Lightening" When i received the exam back, it said Lightening was not a word and it was marked incorrect.
Lightning refers to an abrupt, discontinuous natural electric discharge in the atmosphere—i.e., the flash of light associated with thunder.
Lightening is a present participle corresponding to the verb lighten, where to lighten is to make light or lighter. For example, we might say that a person who has been losing weight is lightening, or that an aging man’s hair is lightening to gray.
I was right. Funny how you never forget when you were right and the teacher was wrong!
When i am detecting and i start hearing the crackle of lightning in my headphones from what ever machine i am swinging I suddenly develop some severe back problems.
The Yellow streak that runs up the middle of my back suddenly becomes very wide and the only cure is to seek shelter.
I have played with some high voltage Transmitters in my time and have seen one young man knocked 10 feet from touching the wrong spot.
Since Lightning is thousands of times more powerful i have no desire to be standing there with a lighting rod in my hand and become a crispy critter.
I have always made my best finds on cloudy, damp days. Still years ago I was at a night hunt in Oklahoma. They just threw coins on the ground and you hunted them in the dark without lights. After the hunt started, it began to rain and most of the hunters ran for shelter. Every now and then the lightning would flash and you could see the coins shinning on the ground. I was doing great until I realized that i was in the middle of a storm swinging a lightning rod. I ran for shelter too. Later they said a tornado had passed behind a hill across the road.
When i am detecting and i start hearing the crackle of lightning in my headphones from what ever machine i am swinging I suddenly develop some severe back problems.
The Yellow streak that runs up the middle of my back suddenly becomes very wide and the only cure is to seek shelter.
I have played with some high voltage Transmitters in my time and have seen one young man knocked 10 feet from touching the wrong spot.
Since Lightning is thousands of times more powerful i have no desire to be standing there with a lighting rod in my hand and become a crispy critter.
Well put.......I gained a healthy respect for it growing up on the coast of Florida!
Nothing to worry about! Lightening has not once ever hit a Detectorist!...The 'field' emanating from the coil acts like some sort of safety bubble...creates a 'safety zone' all around a Detectorist., Like a little invisible Faraday cage....I'm not a scientist, just a personal theory...
I've never heard of a Detectorist getting knocked out of their shoes and have their kneepads go flying off in a cloud of burnt coins and blue puff of headphone components?....Anybody?
I think we are safe from lightening..either totally invisible or considered off limits, or a protected species in the cosmos of 'outdoor human timewasters'.......
Golfers, Soccer players, Fishermen on the other hand..yeah, they better run! They have it seriously coming!
I wonder if city hall gives a permit to hunt in thunderstorms , it's probably a hot topic at the council meeting tonight +1 re golf
btw the the gsd on back of bike is a highly trained seeing eye dog
I wonder if city hall gives a permit to hunt in thunderstorms , it's probably a hot topic at the council meeting tonight +1 re golf
btw the the gsd on back of bike is a highly trained seeing eye dog
I have found that one of the best times to detect is when there are tornado warnings for the area. The parks are mostly empty without anyone to bother you.
You going to be carrying a lesche??
Unfortunately we never get tornado warnings!
Since Lightning is thousands of times more powerful i have no desire to be standing there with a lighting rod in my hand and become a crispy critter.