The most bizarre incident Ive ever had MDing....

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You want to get them back? Every night call the police complaining about the loud noise and disorderly conduct coming from the bar across the street!

I Didn't think about that, But perhaps that was why they Jumped you ?
Perhaps, they thought for some reason Your reporting everything at the bar ?
 

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man you had a chance to drop the ahole,im pretty easy going but something like that would have not ended well at all.
 

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That sucks.
I do not have that much restraint. You do something like that to me...I will get even!
Something will happen. Whoops.
And I implore people...don't do it!
I have got in to a lot of trouble doing......"things"
But some people I swear.
Join the city council, get some zoning laws changed.
 

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This is when you turn to them, shut down your machine, take off the headphones, smile, and then with all the sincerity and kindness you can muster you say, "I see Jesus has just sent me another fallen angel to save." :laughing7: Not saying it would make them go away but you could sure have a lot of fun with them if they stayed around!
 

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That sucks.
I do not have that much restraint. You do something like that to me...I will get even!
Something will happen. Whoops.And I implore people...don't do it!
I have got in to a lot of trouble doing......"things"
But some people I swear.
Join the city council, get some zoning laws changed.

A man after my own heart.... Now, I've never gotten into trouble but that's because I haven't gotten caught (arranged). But I DID GET MY POINT ACROSS.
 

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What you should have told them?

"I was looking for the gold teeth I knocked out the last 2 persons mouths that kept screaming and asking me what I was doing with a metal detector on someone else's property!"

NOTE: Make sure you look at them dead straight in the eyes real mean like, and say it kind of psychotic sounding! You know like Jack Nicolson?

That would have went over real well and I bet they would have walked off!
 

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Just thought about something. Go over to the bar, sit down and order a beer and ask if you could metal detect around their place. Tell them you will give them all the lost jewelry.....gold rings, bracelets, necklaces etc. and see what they say. lol
 

Limitool

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Just thought about something. Go over to the bar, sit down and order a beer and ask if you could metal detect around their place. Tell them you will give them all the lost jewelry.....gold rings, bracelets, necklaces etc. and see what they say. lol

Yea that would be good.... but just in case they said "Yes" I'd have some fake $20.00 gold coins (all roughed up and dirty) to "pull" out of a hole. And if there watching just throw it back into the hold and ***** about your tired of pulling out $20.00 gold coins and fill in the hole.
 

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I lived behind a bar for a few years. People driving thru my yard a pissing/puking everywhere at night. Not fun.

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Like they said nice job handling the "nut job" neighbor with the biker bar!
You truly can not let it get to you, hard sometimes I know.
The nut job wanna be king of it all is always out there.
They get the "if you see something, say something" thing screwed up and planted where the sun don't shine along with their head!

I can't tell you what it is about a metal detector that scares the hell out of the some of the general population, but what ever it is it's on steroids!
I think someone called the local pd twice on me while detecting 2 different schools. First one she ran my truck plate, we waved at each other as she left. Second time I quite early getting too hot, she pulling into the school as I'm leaving, she just smiled and shook her head.

Here's another thing to think about, maybe they don't want you finding something they have hidden, not knowing that you would not detect on other people's land with out permission. They could have a gun stash buried.
 

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The thing people Envy is what we find. It's jealousy. Period. "I'd rather it rot than be saved" people...
 

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Like they said nice job handling the "nut job" neighbor with the biker bar!
You truly can not let it get to you, hard sometimes I know.
The nut job wanna be king of it all is always out there.
They get the "if you see something, say something" thing screwed up and planted where the sun don't shine along with their head!
I can't tell you what it is about a metal detector that scares the hell out of the some of the general population, but what ever it is it's on steroids!
I think someone called the local pd twice on me while detecting 2 different schools. First one she ran my truck plate, we waved at each other as she left. Second time I quite early getting too hot, she pulling into the school as I'm leaving, she just smiled and shook her head.

Here's another thing to think about, maybe they don't want you finding something they have hidden, not knowing that you would not detect on other people's land with out permission. They could have a gun stash buried.

Amen.... period
 

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This is why I find people annoying. They should mind their business.
 

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After them shouting at you a few times you shoulda turned to them and said real serious "You can see me"...and looked surprised! maybe that would have stunned them! LOL :laughing7:
 

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The thing people Envy is what we find. It's jealousy. Period. "I'd rather it rot than be saved" people...

I don't know why people hate what we do so much but I know when I go to the beach where its perfectly legal to do what we do, I try not to make eye contact with people because of the amount of times I've seen people just leering at me like they could kill me for being out there swinging a detector. And I keep distance from people so as not to infringe on there space and I've still gotten looks. Like I said, Now I just try to keep my head down and make no eye contact.
 

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I don't know why people hate what we do so much but I know when I go to the beach where its perfectly legal to do what we do, I try not to make eye contact with people because of the amount of times I've seen people just leering at me like they could kill me for being out there swinging a detector. And I keep distance from people so as not to infringe on there space and I've still gotten looks. Like I said, Now I just try to keep my head down and make no eye contact.

You..and me..have just as much right to be there as they do!
Your removing trash from the beach.
Your are filling the holes you dig (tourists..no)
It is not their beach.
I mean, get A clue! These same people that leer at you..go home and commit who knows what kind off atrocities.
 

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I'm too old to let a-holes bother me!:laughing7:

I wink at the ladies on the beach and say good day to the guys. I don't believe I've ever had a problem?

But, I do "Speak softly and carry a big stick"!

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And if they don't like that... I'll pee on their beach!:icon_thumleft:

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