Funny Things that Happen While Detecting

[Rammjäger]

I had just got a metal detector and couldn't wait to try it out in my back yard. I started to get some hits and immediately started digging up some coins. While I am digging my two male Golden Retrievers are very curious and keep sticking their heads in the holes to smell. I kept pushing them away and finally I had to yell at them to get away and leave me alone. What a big mistake! Thirty minutes later when I finally looked up and decided to try the other side of the yard I could not believe what I saw. The boys (Thats what I call them) had proceeded to dig approximately 40 large holes in the yard and had even dug up some of my wife's newly planted flowers. The yard was a huge mess. We all got in trouble for digging and now I am not allowed to dig in my own back yard

Now,that was dramatic!

 

[Rammjäger]

Earth tremors

Last year there was one of those earthquakes at the
chilean-argentine border in the Andes.
A metal detecting buddy lives in a big city of Argentina's
province.
Two days after the last major earthquake he
was detecting a downtown park with his E-Trac-
A couple passed by and observed him with his detector.
The woman told the man something,then the man approached
towards my buddy and asked him :
"do you hear any tremors down there yet?" - My buddy was taken
by surprise and then his embarrased answer:
" Yes, there are still some...."

 

[garrett man]

Had the local police come to the house and asked to use my machine. Said they had seen me with a detector and needed to use it to find a broken chain on a swing set. Yes, i let them use it and when they brought it back they had a new set of batteries in it.

thats pretty cool

 

[DamoNB]

wow

Couple years ago I was detecting in the county fairgrounds. Head down, being serious and digging everything that beeped. Suddenly I had the feeling I was'nt alone. I looked behind me and here comes an army of blaze orange coveralls. They were county prisoners clearing the debris from the 5 acre lot. surprised, I looked up and saw the guard LHAO. We shot the breeze for a while and he said to carry on with what I was doing. He was just getting the trash out of my way..
Gil

lol thats kinda funny but it probably made your hunt easier

 

[jkwidener]

I was detecting at a little park while my daughters played. After digging a target, i got back to my feet and noticed a pain in my shorts. Come to find out, i kneeled down on a fire ant hill and they made it up the leg of my shorts. Had to go back to the vehicle and take the shorts off to get them out.. MAN THAT HURT....

 

[oldbob55]

I had a lady ask me if i was digging for worms i said yeah down to china

 

[NHKeith]

I have had the little kid follow me (are you finding treasure). After 30 minutes I told him he probably shouldn't talk to strangers. I am not a bad person, but there are bad people in this world.

I had someone ask "what are you finding"

 

[toehead]

I was detecting a local park one morning just after dawn, I was swingin away paying attention to my detecting, I happened to notice some movement in my peripheral vision. It was a skunk! It wasn't really close to me but it made me do the "cartoon run", you know when your feet are moving but your not!

 

[biliff1]

Hi All
Best repy when anyone asks "what are you looking for" tell them "metal back worms", see the look on their faces as they walk away.
Alan

I like that one! I'll have to use it sometime.

 

[Norman Massey]

Late one afternoon

About ten years ago I was working a area between the street and the sidwalk. This pick up came by and slowed. There were two young men in it drinking. They circled around a few times watching me. The last time they came the passager leaned way out the windrow fulung a whole HAND full of change. When people drop change in front of me, it make me mad. As the cange hit the grass it machine gun fire, He yawled "Found that you S-O-B!"

The change hit the ground about ten to 15 feet in front of me and the closer to it the madder I get. As I moved in to "the change field" there was his 3 blade Case (that I still carry) and a Key ring with about 6 keys on it. I was laughing so hard to sit down. Ever time I started to think I could detect again I would start all over again. After 10 I just headed Home still with tears in my eyes.

 

[Razen Cain]

I like that one! I'll have to use it sometime.

At the beach when kids ask me what I'm doing I reply "Looking to see if there is any more of those beach sand snakes like that bit that kid yesterday."

 

[amxfred]

This just happened today. I took the afternoon off work and my buddy and I went freestyling. We just hop in the car and look up parks on my Garmin and then we go hunt them. So he finds this park that is down the road about 6 miles and we head out. Neither one of us has ever heard of it. We get there and it is in the woods on the river and the mowing crew is working on everything and we get out and start hitting coins immediately. After about 2 hours we are well over 100 coins and we just cannot believe it. There are coins everywhere. One of the mower guys comes over and says, "Are you guys having any luck?". I say yes this place is loaded with coins. He says, "There will be a lot more after the company picnic this weekend". I said, "Company picnic?" and he said yes. "Don't you guys work for ABC company?" I said no. Then he said. Well this is a private park owned by ABC company and we opened the gates so we can do the yard work for the big party. We are all done with our work so I wanted to make sure you guys have a gate key because I have to lock up the entrance and it is the only way out. Anyway, we quickly packed up and as we were leaving we noticed two large obvious signs on both sides of the entrance. "No Trespassing. Private Property". I guess we were so focused on it being a regular park we never saw the signs. Glad the mower guy was a nice fellow.

 

[PhotoRob06]

Hunting in the park, I had my cat on a long leash and staked to the ground. I got a nice repeating high tone and cut a deep "U", folding the sod back.

The target was still in the bottom, and I poked around with the pinpointer, but got nothing.

So Jade (cat) comes over to see what I'm doing and stands at the edge peering down.

"Any ideas?" I ask.

She steps over the hole and squats to p!$s!!! Then she kicks some of the loose dirt back and walks away leaving me sitting there like ***!!!

That happened a while ago but I never really saw this thread.

 

[Frank1960]

Hunting in the park, I had my cat on a long leash and staked to the ground. I got a nice repeating high tone and cut a deep "U", folding the sod back.

The target was still in the bottom, and I poked around with the pinpointer, but got nothing.

So Jade (cat) comes over to see what I'm doing and stands at the edge peering down.

"Any ideas?" I ask.

She steps over the hole and squats to p!$s!!! Then she kicks some of the loose dirt back and walks away leaving me sitting there like ***!!!

That happened a while ago but I never really saw this thread.

Well ya did ask if she had any ideas!

 

[PhotoRob06]

Well ya did ask if she had any ideas!

Yeah... it still haunts me what that could have been. And I didn't post it initially because it was the same time as Dusty's doggy-doo thread so I thought people wouldn't believe me. I just folded the sod back over and moved on

And that was the same park as my 2-cent so who knows.

 

[JunkInTheTrunk]

When kids get to following me being pesty I let them see me dig a coin or two then I ask them if they want to dig something. I find a nice spot for them with no signals and tell them to dig right here. If they dig deep enough they will find the treasure. Keeps them busy for quite awhile sometimes. Amazing how deep they will dig

Now THAT is classic!!!

 

[bearbqd]

Had one just today. Old guy looked at me and said "Ohhh, you're weed wacking." Um, yeah, that's I'm doing.

 

[midwest]

Nothing really funny or strange, but I get a lot of people coming up and telling me to go to this spot of the park, or that part of the park. They say, "this is where everyone hangs out." This would be find If I was after yesterdays pocket spill, but I'm not, so it gets to ya after awhile. I just say, thank you and walk away.

 

[jack&jill]

This thread has SO MANY funny stories. I really enjoyed the read.

Jack was detecting out in NC or SC, in a totlot, and these kids were following us around. Aside from the junk we were collecting, we dug down and found a quarter. This little girl about 10 years old explained to us that 'the quarter belonged to someone' and then she was indignant as she explained 'someone probably put it there to save it' and 'we should put it back'. I still feel guilty.

Today, Jack just called from his recent all consuming site. SHHHHHH--this is a secret--he just found his third kennedy half dollar since he started digging this morning. Do I need to buy some bladder control pads now? Jill

 

[Silversmith45]

This little girl about 10 years old explained to us that 'the quarter belonged to someone' and then she was indignant as she explained 'someone probably put it there to save it' and 'we should put it back'. I still feel guilty.

I had just dug up a silver dime from about six inches when a small boy said, "That's mine. I lost it yesterday."