RaylandRat
Elite Member
I bumped a yellow jack nest about 8 inches off the ground under a mesquite limb. I didn't know I could still move that fast.
BAD Things that Happen While Detecting
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drsilver
Full Member
I once had a robin who was very angry at me for detecting near his nest under a 75 year oak tree. I had about enough after 2 hours of constant divebombs. I gave up and left. Chalk one up for the robin.
The Jersey Digger
Elite Member
The funniest for me had to be once at a park with my daughter and she was using her little BH junior. She came up behind me tapped my leg and said " look a balloon. Can I blow it up?". I quickly yelled drop it. It was a condom and it wasn't wrapped. Ugh
The worst was just recently getting attacked by a swarm of biting midges better known as no seeums. Still itching a week and a half later.
The worst was just recently getting attacked by a swarm of biting midges better known as no seeums. Still itching a week and a half later.
azdirtdigger
Elite Member
knelt down on a mesquite thorn once. Took a week to get the thorn tip out - OUCH! Lost my cell phone once out in the desert. Found it the next day. Kept calling it until I heard my ringtone.
I guess nothing nearly as exciting as some of you guys.
I guess nothing nearly as exciting as some of you guys.
spinnerbait825
Junior Member
Her in Texas we have a little varmint called the Fire Ant. Detecting one day for a long time and I was really bushed, so I sit down to dig! Set in the middle of fire ants! My girlfriend was laughing too hard to help me get them off! Dropped my drawers right in the middle of the park!! counted-- had seventeen ant bites! That has got to be the worst thing that has happened to me. Unless it was when the police started laughing too ! HH
gunwolf
Elite Member
I used to take my black lab with me MDing..till late last summer I looked back and he had re-dug everyhole in my friends lawn 
I was never invited to MD there again
I was never invited to MD there again
Dirtfishin
Elite Member
forgot ta have toilet paper in the truck and had ta come home wearing one sock
Now thats funny right there..
newbie hunter
New Member
hunting a pond saw afisherman on a pier went to ask if he was doin any good an i scared him an he turned around real quick an my detecter an i go off the peir cause he turned around a about hit me an i ducked actualy probly funny now that i think bout it but wasent at thje time
Jressman
Elite Member
Every single time I get an 06-47 or a half dollar signal hoping to finally get my first silver half , only to find out it's a piece of trash... Such an outside faucet knob, piece of aluminum or a Buick hubcap center cap.
for my self). Just wanna wake this thread up a little 
woody_g
Full Member
well when i first started detecting went on a hunt to a ghost town.looked forward to going on this trip for weeks excited to say the least.after i got there and started hunting the first thing that happened was i broke my digging tool that i just bought at army navy store.luckily i had another digging tool in my truck.then a terrible sandstorm came in from west Texas.well i decided to go down the side of a hill to get away from the storm.not my best idea as i slipped on a rock went tumbling down the hillside.this finished out my day as i broke my detector and went through several cactus patches.long drive home with cactus thorns in my rearend luckily my wife was able to remove them when i got home.my worst day detecting yep!
forgot ta have toilet paper in the truck and had ta come home wearing one sock
Hope you weren't hunting a tot lot that day!
Ashtro1969
Full Member
Let's just say I am very careful to look for fire ants before I dig now.
hawgdawg
Forum Supporter
Ouch !
FAL guy
Senior Member
forgot ta have toilet paper in the truck and had ta come home wearing one sock
Funny stuff. I never give up protecting my feet though. If you have a pocket knife you can get for good "squares" from a pair of skivies.
GabbityGabby
Elite Member
The most embarrassing thing: I clotheslined myself on a volleyball net while detecting in the sand.
Most disappointing: the other day I was digging and saw a round, gold colored object. Thought maybe it was a watch, or something gold. Kept digging only to discover it was a bottle top with the neck of the bottle still attached.
Most disappointing: the other day I was digging and saw a round, gold colored object. Thought maybe it was a watch, or something gold. Kept digging only to discover it was a bottle top with the neck of the bottle still attached.
I went relic hunting about a month ago. The people that live across the road from where I park have three Chihuahua's. When I started walking through a field to get to my spot one of those dogs started biting me. Luckily I had my snake boots on and it couldn't do any damage.
metalwrkr
Senior Member
Darn Dogs
Knelt in dog poop in the longer grass. Also stepped my heel in dog poop (vibram soles are specially engineered to hold large quantities of dog poop) and then got it all over my butt and shirt tails while kneeling. Cleaned my boot off but was not aware of the back of my blue jeans until I got in the truck. What a mess!.......RK
Knelt in dog poop in the longer grass. Also stepped my heel in dog poop (vibram soles are specially engineered to hold large quantities of dog poop) and then got it all over my butt and shirt tails while kneeling. Cleaned my boot off but was not aware of the back of my blue jeans until I got in the truck. What a mess!.......RK
