Are you serious?

[bzbadger]

Friend and I are cold calling houses in the area looking for permission to hunt. An old farmhouse was left vacant for years but we noticed some activity and stopped.
Lady, the new owner from out of town, came to the door and we told her we're locals who metal detect and that this house was owned by an older lady who passed before we could ask permission. Lady says to me oh do you metal detect with detectors? ( omg we have a brain surgeon here) yes that's what we do, would you mind if we detected in your yard, we promise to keep the holes small and you wont even notice after we're done. She says you can detect but you can't dig in the ground. (my friend said my face looked like I had just crapped myself) I asked her how she thought we would get the items out if the ground and why is digging an issue? Her reply..getting it out is your problem and if you must know why I don't want you digging its because the people that just came to clean our septic tank said they had to dig and when they did it stunk really bad, something bad is in the ground around here that's why you can't dig. ( I at this point almost laughed in her face) she continued saying anything you find on the ground you can keep. I was dumbfounded and struck with paralysis by this woman's stupidity so much that my friend had to drag me away as I kept shaking my head and saying what?!over and over while my friend apologized

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[fistfulladirt]

You know that mental illness is not funny -

 

[Higgy]

So look. Go back. Bring her some donuts. Ask again, and say you will not dig. Take your Lesche and use it to "slice" or "plug" the soil. "What? Oh no, Ma'am. We aren't digging. This is what you call plugging. See how easily it goes back into the hole?" Sometimes you got to sell it.

 

[pepperj]

So look. Go back. Bring her some donuts. Ask again, and say you will not dig. Take your Lesche and use it to "slice" or "plug" the soil. "What? Oh no, Ma'am. We aren't digging. This is what you call plugging. See how easily it goes back into the hole?" Sometimes you got to sell it.

Oh forgot to mention on the last visit, we use this digger to what's called a scratch and sniff detection unit for exposing odours as well, here can we demonstrate it for you free of charge?

 

[TreasurDiggrNY]

Friend and I are cold calling houses in the area looking for permission to hunt. An old farmhouse was left vacant for years but we noticed some activity and stopped.
Lady, the new owner from out of town, came to the door and we told her we're locals who metal detect and that this house was owned by an older lady who passed before we could ask permission. Lady says to me oh do you metal detect with detectors? ( omg we have a brain surgeon here) yes that's what we do, would you mind if we detected in your yard, we promise to keep the holes small and you wont even notice after we're done. She says you can detect but you can't dig in the ground. (my friend said my face looked like I had just crapped myself) I asked her how she thought we would get the items out if the ground and why is digging an issue? Her reply..getting it out is your problem and if you must know why I don't want you digging its because the people that just came to clean our septic tank said they had to dig and when they did it stunk really bad, something bad is in the ground around here that's why you can't dig. ( I at this point almost laughed in her face) she continued saying anything you find on the ground you can keep. I was dumbfounded and struck with paralysis by this woman's stupidity so much that my friend had to drag me away as I kept shaking my head and saying what?!over and over while my friend apologized

Not really fair to call HER stupid, I think she gave a legitimate answer to your query based on what info you disclosed highlighted above in bold ie. "holes" and "digging". I worked for a septic company, many customers refused to pay the little extra for clean back-fill dirt but called for days after because of the smell.

 

[Doug H]

Not really fair to call HER stupid, I think she gave a legitimate answer to your query based on what info you disclosed highlighted above in bold ie. "holes" and "digging". I worked for a septic company, many customers refused to pay the little extra for clean back-fill dirt but called for days after because of the smell.

working for a septic company?...sounds like a crappy job to me. lol, sorry, I had to

 

[Metal Illness]

You know that mental illness is not funny -

Hey, I resemble that remark. O, I'm sorry you said mental illness..........

 

[TheSleeper]

LOL Badger, geezzz anyone that has even had or been around a septic tank knows, ya open them up they stink, doesn't mean the whole yard will stink if it is dug up though.
Actually as Diggr prob knows its good fertilizer.


The gene pool has drastically shrunk.

 

[airscapes]

Bet that woman is not really dumb.. she would probably never text while driving..

 

[Jason in Enid]

The gene pool has drastically shrunk.

Several generations of mandated safety helmets has stopped the natural removal of those that should have been removing themselves. Their numbers are multiplying faster than we can handle.

 

[Peyton Manning]

was her last name kardashian?

 

[Keppy]

working for a septic company?...sounds like a crappy job to me. lol, sorry, I had to

It is a good job pays good .. I had my own septic cleaning truck loved the job..

 

[Keppy]

LOL Badger, geezzz anyone that has even had or been around a septic tank knows, ya open them up they stink, doesn't mean the whole yard will stink if it is dug up though.
Actually as Diggr prob knows its good fertilizer.


The gene pool has drastically shrunk.

Yep good fertilizer .. How i got rid of what pumped out of the tank years ago .. Would not cost me a cent to get rid of it…Go to a farmers field open up the valve on the back of the tank and drive across there field … The farmers in Central Pa loved the stuff it sure made there crops grow...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

They had to dig to get to the septic tank did she not know poop stinks? She says something in the ground is bad, that would be the full stinky septic tank that's just been pumped out.

Did you promise not to dig up the septic tank? Lol!
Maybe you could always levitate the coins out of the ground.

Please tell me she doesn't have kids.

 

[fistfulladirt]

They had to dig to get to the septic tank did she not know poop stinks? She says something in the ground is bad, that would be the full stinky septic tank that's just been pumped out.

Did you promise not to dig up the septic tank? Lol!
Maybe you could always levitate the coins out of the ground.

Please tell me she doesn't have kids.

Poo-flooded drainfields are nasty when the tank overflows...can cost a small fortune to rebuild but in the meantime poo is suspended way beyond the septic tank just under the ground's surface. I have my tank pumped every three years, last year it was close to $500 (twin tank).

 

[lockster99]

Yeah...the more we accommodate everyone, the more we counter the Darwin thing.

 

[bzbadger]

This woman was obviously from up state from a big city and moved down here for lower cost if living but didn't do all her homework about moving into the country. She said she was mad at the farmer next door, I apparently caught the stupid bug and asked why. Months earlier the farmer plowed the field and in her mind he unleashed the stink monster beneath the surface, she didn't grasp that a lot of our local farmers plant winter crops and use a manure spreader in the process so she got a dose of chicken or hog manure, I can only hope it was hog just for the stink factor. This woman isn't equipped for country life, any woman who cleans her house wearing white work gloves isn't a country girl.

 

[Keppy]

You actually go knocking on strangers doors with a partner ? That may not of had an effect on this one but I just can't see anyone doing that. I think it would be hard enough for one person to get permission without adding to the chance of getting a no.

Yes more than one person at someone's door is not a good thing ..

 

[Sluice Willis]

Yes more than one person at someone's door is not a good thing ..

No male partners for me, my detector doesn't swing that way! Female partners have their merits even when not detecting, but they seem to get a yes where I would get a no. Please nobody try asking permission to hunt a property in drag, we already have a bad enough image!

Keppy I 'm like you, I hunt alone and it's not that I don't care to share my locations with anybody else. I just can't do the backflips, front tucks and cartwheels that I'm supposed too when I find anything other than a pull tab or rusty nail. I might be able to pull off the full speed run and slide, but probably only once. I guess since I'm outa shape I could just yell BOOM BABY! Hey wanna go tectin? We can split the diesel for the Bobcat!

 

[huntsman53]

You actually go knocking on strangers doors with a partner ?

Sometimes you just have to because you need a witness to such stupidity!


Frank