"My Metal Detector" song...

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Has anyone ever heard this song?
We've been using it for Metal Detecting Maine for over a year now.

It's called My Metal Detector by They Might be Giants.

I've got the song downloaded if you can't find it anywhere to listen to it ... willing to share. Meanwhile, here are the lyrics...

Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing
There's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the fear of the unknown

And I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there beneath the sand
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time

I'm the inspector over the mine

Look past the volleyball (look past the ball)
Look past the squawking gull (look past the gull)
Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal

'Cause I've got something to make you understand
Something hidden there underneath the land
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time

I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector, watch it shine

Every seashell has a story to tell if you're listening
But underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've heard enough of the sea
Then everything on the top will just suddenly stop seeming interesting
So listen now to the sound of the things that are found underground

Don't need no volleyball (don't need no volleyball)
Don't need no squawking gull (don't need no squawking gull)
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty doll (don't need to look at any doll)

For I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there beneath the sand
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time

I'm the inspector over the mine

Look past the volleyball (look past the ball)
Look past the squawking gull (look past the gull)
Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal

'Cause I've got something to make you understand
Something hidden there underneath the land
My metal detector
Is with me all of the time

I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector, watch it shine

Don't need no volleyball (don't need no volleyball)
Don't need no squawking gull (don't need no squawking gull)
Metal detector, all the time (metal detector all the time)
 
I haven't ever heard it. Where can I listen to it at? Is it a country western tune? ;)
 
That's not too bad. I kept waiting at the end for them to show what they found though.

Do you want to move this thread to General Hobby Discussion? :yes:
 
I burned it on cd about 3 months ago.... still makes me smile! I love They Might Be Giants... I've used their music in the classroom... my girls play the metal detector song on my computer.... It's daddy's song! lol
 
I burned it on cd about 3 months ago.... still makes me smile! I love They Might Be Giants... I've used their music in the classroom... my girls play the metal detector song on my computer.... It's daddy's song! lol

It's our song, too ...
And you can bet your bottom dollar I had a blast with it
last Sunday when my I beat out the 2 guys with me, both using DFXs ..
I use a Fisher CZ-3D and I beat BOTH of them.

They give me a lot of flack because I dig a lot of stuff.
I tend to dig a lot of signals because I'm not only seeking coins....
they tend to coinshoot. So... while they were specifically coinshooting,
I was just shooting, while still seeking coins.
I dug the only "oldies" during the time frame
and I knew they were coins before I dug them.

My metal detector SHINED on Sunday.
It's not the first time, and it won't be the last.
I'll also continue to dig just.. "stuff" ... :tumble:
 
I burned it on cd about 3 months ago.... still makes me smile! I love They Might Be Giants... I've used their music in the classroom... my girls play the metal detector song on my computer.... It's daddy's song! lol

Great group from the eighties! I like them a lot too! I 'm going to download the song, I don't know if I'm familar with that one. "Birdhouse in your Soul" is my favorite by them!
 
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