What embarrassing things have happened while detecting?
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Digger-Dave
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hillbillydigger
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Don't take it the wrong way...but I really don't think I want to hunt with any of you guys. All this swinging of sharp, dangerous tools and attracting of dangerous animals makes me a bit leery of associating with some of you. 
We would make one interesting team on a group hunt though!
We would make one interesting team on a group hunt though!
foundit2
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Hum, The worse thing huh! Some one stole my digging tool. If you find it let me know.
Hum, The worse thing huh! Some one stole my digging tool. If you find it let me know.
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Just more proof of how bad drugs are for people.
"But I hadn't noticed that I was sitting right in the middle of a jogging trail, and two teenage boys came walking by, casually staring at me while smoking pot. Never looked the tiniest bit surprised to see a nearly naked girl sitting on a log pulling bugs off of herself."
A gentleman would have offered his assistance to a lady in distess. Including the shirt off his back.
I hope you are all healed up now, HK.
HH,
John Morton
"But I hadn't noticed that I was sitting right in the middle of a jogging trail, and two teenage boys came walking by, casually staring at me while smoking pot. Never looked the tiniest bit surprised to see a nearly naked girl sitting on a log pulling bugs off of herself."
A gentleman would have offered his assistance to a lady in distess. Including the shirt off his back.
I hope you are all healed up now, HK.
HH,
John Morton
leslie(nova scotia)
Elite Member
oh man too many
From the land ofthe Bluenose.....most memorable was going back in the woods to Williams Lake Dam. Big flat rock and there was two ladies "nude". That in itself is not so beyond it was what they were doing to each other. More than that was the 3 silver quarters from the day.
Another was finding a dead bouy on the roadside after I heard a crash. Was detecting a field and found him. Heard later he died of a heart attack before the motorcycle hit the pavement............................went doing what he liked I guess.
Have a ton more from my 40 odd years at this hobby!
From the land ofthe Bluenose.....most memorable was going back in the woods to Williams Lake Dam. Big flat rock and there was two ladies "nude". That in itself is not so beyond it was what they were doing to each other. More than that was the 3 silver quarters from the day.
Another was finding a dead bouy on the roadside after I heard a crash. Was detecting a field and found him. Heard later he died of a heart attack before the motorcycle hit the pavement............................went doing what he liked I guess.
Have a ton more from my 40 odd years at this hobby!
HugoBorchardt
Senior Member
1) Was detecting an old empty lot a couple years back and got a nice deep target, which turned out to be the brass valve for the pvc water line for a trailer that used to sit on the property. I kicked the shovel down and split the pvc pipe clean in half, right on the wrong side of the valve. The ground exploded and water shot up in the air like a firehose. My first instinct was to run off, but I manned up and called the water department. Fortunately I didnt get in trouble, probably because I was soaking wet and the guy probably thought i was a moron.
2) When I was a newbie, a grumpy old man came out in the front yard of his house that I was detecting and yelled at me, saying his yard looked like it had been attacked by a bunch of GD armadillos. Some neighbors were watching as well. He really tore me a new one, exactly like R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.
2) When I was a newbie, a grumpy old man came out in the front yard of his house that I was detecting and yelled at me, saying his yard looked like it had been attacked by a bunch of GD armadillos. Some neighbors were watching as well. He really tore me a new one, exactly like R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.
Pasttom
Senior Member
Some observations
Like this doesn't happen to us every week or so. I would like to observe that this may be the last frontier for courage in facing the wild and wonderful world of God's sense of humor. It is uncanine uh uncanny how dogs know to poop on buried coins marking the spot as a truely best friend would.
Carry a first aid kit and wipes. Seriously!
Kitty, I think I am in love, don't tell my wife.
I don't know if I should sharpen my Sampson or play turkey tennis.
The indian chief and the eagle are a retired vaudville act. You were had, dude.
Bone, is that the new Minelab digger? How many inches to the gallon- gallons to the inch?
What time to resume group therapy? Cool!
PS I notice a lot of F2 users, any connection?
Like this doesn't happen to us every week or so. I would like to observe that this may be the last frontier for courage in facing the wild and wonderful world of God's sense of humor. It is uncanine uh uncanny how dogs know to poop on buried coins marking the spot as a truely best friend would.
Carry a first aid kit and wipes. Seriously!
Kitty, I think I am in love, don't tell my wife.
I don't know if I should sharpen my Sampson or play turkey tennis.
The indian chief and the eagle are a retired vaudville act. You were had, dude.
Bone, is that the new Minelab digger? How many inches to the gallon- gallons to the inch?
What time to resume group therapy? Cool!
PS I notice a lot of F2 users, any connection?
mrdjfeltimo
Elite Member
I was detecting by an old railway bridge and as i got closer i noticed 2 young ladies, barely dressed taking rather riske photos of one another.
That put a smile on my face.
Dan
That put a smile on my face.
Dan
willyeinstien
Elite Member
A couple weeks ago, I had to take a piss super bad while m-ding a baseball field...w/no open bathrooms I ran around to the side of a big tree and began peeing..seconds later 2 bicyclist came around the trail ..and looked right at me...lol...nature calls when 35 degrees gotta go!!
Silversmith45
Elite Member
When I still lived in the country, I was returning home late one night from a detecting trip out of town. As I turned in my drive, there was a car parked in the middle of the lane. As I drove around it, I almost ran over a couple going to it in the grass next to it. I don't think that they even knew I was there.
DaveandBlitz
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hillbillydigger
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Mntnclmbr
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Where's the pics!
Hawgwild
Junior Member
Really enjoyed these stories...lol
This didn't happen while detecting but reading the stories about the bird attacks reminded me of something that happened a few weeks back in October.
Was fishing in a local lake filled with cypress trees. Came around one area and saw a White Egret on the base of one of the trees. Was fairly close to it and realized something didn't look right. Looking closer I saw it was tangled up in discarded fishing line.
Well....Just how dangerous can this bird can be so I proceeded to try and free the poor thing...big mistake...Got the bird in my boat and started trying to cut the line from around the bird, mostly rapped around it's wing. It wasn't too happy with this at all and every now and then that long sharp beak would come out of left field and whop me on the hand. I'm bleeding much blood from cuts on both hands but did finally free the dang thing and throw it back in the water...
Last week while metal detecting I was searching a local tot lot by a school. Another man drove up with his two young girls...They started following me around and when I got one particular beep I started pulling the loose sand back and up popped a quarter. Before I knew it the youngest of the girls grabbed the quarter to run and show her dad.....She did come back with it but said keep it....about that time I passed my coil over the same area and found another quarter...I gave it to the other little girl...lol
Oh yes...about those squirrel brains...they are pretty good....
This didn't happen while detecting but reading the stories about the bird attacks reminded me of something that happened a few weeks back in October.
Was fishing in a local lake filled with cypress trees. Came around one area and saw a White Egret on the base of one of the trees. Was fairly close to it and realized something didn't look right. Looking closer I saw it was tangled up in discarded fishing line.
Well....Just how dangerous can this bird can be so I proceeded to try and free the poor thing...big mistake...Got the bird in my boat and started trying to cut the line from around the bird, mostly rapped around it's wing. It wasn't too happy with this at all and every now and then that long sharp beak would come out of left field and whop me on the hand. I'm bleeding much blood from cuts on both hands but did finally free the dang thing and throw it back in the water...
Last week while metal detecting I was searching a local tot lot by a school. Another man drove up with his two young girls...They started following me around and when I got one particular beep I started pulling the loose sand back and up popped a quarter. Before I knew it the youngest of the girls grabbed the quarter to run and show her dad.....She did come back with it but said keep it....about that time I passed my coil over the same area and found another quarter...I gave it to the other little girl...lol
Oh yes...about those squirrel brains...they are pretty good....
anvilmanco
Senior Member
sorry, but I laughed so hard, my broken arm started hurting. That's tragic, but like something I'd do.
EKW
