funny thing happened in the park

KinTN

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• Jul 3, 2018

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maxxkatt said:

not a bad guess for the elderly since if I am not mistaking metal detectors may have started in WWII as mine detectors.

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iirc, in 1881 the first one was invented/used by Alexander Graham Bell trying to find the bullet in a dying President Garfield. They were unsuccessful because of the metal bedframe + the doctors would only allow Bell to look on one side of the body. The doctors "knew" where the bullet was and of course, they were wrong- it was on the other side of his body.


But yeah, modern metal detectors are descended from war metal detectors. Minelab makes (or used to make) the NATO mine detectors.

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• Jul 3, 2018

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GKL said:

Electronic fertilizer ?

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Don’t laugh...I’ve had that one happen! While detecting a residential lawn, one of the neighbors came over to ask "are you putting down weed kill or fertilizer?" At first I thought he was kidding, but I soon realized that he genuinely thought I was swinging some kind of newfangled lawn chemical applicator!

 

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• Jul 3, 2018

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AirmetTango said:

Don’t laugh...I’ve had that one happen! While detecting a residential lawn, one of the neighbors came over to ask "are you putting down weed kill or fertilizer?" At first I thought he was kidding, but I soon realized that he genuinely thought I was swinging some kind of newfangled lawn chemical applicator!

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• Jul 4, 2018

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Mushrooms

 

LandOLincoln

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• Jul 4, 2018

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i have had some funny encounters in the park. Had a lady walk by and say out loud, "man, people be getting hungry for that money." Also had some nice folks offer me a water, but i wasn't born yesterday, i had plenty of water with me.

 

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• Jul 4, 2018

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A couple of times while hunting near a university in town, I have had a couple of foreign students ask me if I was looking for land mines. I suppose in their homeland its something they have to deal with.

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