If you are out detecting where there are young kids around who become very curious about your detector and what you are digging for, I strictly follow a personal rule that I will dig absolutely nothing when kids are in close proximity.
I had an instance where a kid thought he was being helpful. He was standing a ways away from me pointing to where he thought the coin might be. He was standing a distance away, but as I started digging, Jimmy Jack Rabbit quick as lightning he rushed up and reached into the hole in the way of the digging knife as he anxiously tried to find out what was there. That was a freakin close call.
Keep your sharp digging tools secured away from the young ones you encounter!
I had an instance where a kid thought he was being helpful. He was standing a ways away from me pointing to where he thought the coin might be. He was standing a distance away, but as I started digging, Jimmy Jack Rabbit quick as lightning he rushed up and reached into the hole in the way of the digging knife as he anxiously tried to find out what was there. That was a freakin close call.
Keep your sharp digging tools secured away from the young ones you encounter!
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