You Know Youre Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Kiros32

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Feb 21, 2006
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You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

This is a shameless bump of my own post from March 2006, but its been 2 years since I posted it and I have some more to add...ENJOY!!

1. You glance in the McDonald's donation boxes at the counter, hoping maybe to spot a Wheatie.
2. You look at EVERY coin you receive and jiggle your pocket at the end of the day, listening for the sounds of silver, just in case you had missed in during the day.
3. Not only are you willing, but look forward to battling snow, penetrating sun, poison ivy, and an occasional dog.
4. You refer to old coins as Wheaties, Barbies, Mercs, and Buffs.
5. You spot a crooked tree and swear it points to gold.
6. Finding several dollars in clad is actually unfulfilling.
7. Your weekend trip to the beach requires a sand scoop.

[glow=red,2,300]8. You own 15 different digging tools, but only use 1.
9. You "accidently" jam the Coinstar machine and ask the teller if you can have the contents of the trash tray. TRY IT, IT WORKS!!!
10. You have almost wrecked on numerous occasions because you spotted a foundation or old house.
11. Digging in your church clothes is necessary at times.
12. You meet the in-laws for the first time and immediately direct the conversation to questions about the history of their property...(haha, my girlfriend was pissed!!)
13. You stop on the way home at a dumpster outside of a house to check the contents.


FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE!!!!


I have actually done every one of these
 

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chrisplay2004

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Feb 28, 2008
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Fisher F2 with 4" & 8" Coil, and F-Point Pinpointer, Whites Eagle II, Bounty Hunter Fortune Hunter, Modified VLF WaterDetector
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

This just happened: THE 15 MINUTE HUNT

Secretary: "I need to go to the bank and make this deposit"

ME: (Been on Tnet all day, hey? theres that tot lot on the way)
"I need to get out of the office, I'll take it"

ME: At he lot (OK, only hunt for about 10 minutes). 15 minutes later: clad: penny-4 Nickel-1 and 1 piece of lock
AHHHHH, I needed that. Back to the grind...

Real Story, Real Pics, Real Fun, Real Crazy? LOL
 

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Mental Granny

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May 8, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

ROFLMAO Now thats funny and sounds like alot of fun!
 

Silver Fox

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Dec 8, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You ignore clean cents on the sidewalks but dig 8 inches to retrieve a corroded one!
 

midnightmoon

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Mar 8, 2008
362
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Los Angeles, California
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Gold Bug Pro
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Prospecting
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You've used your hand held pin-pointer against your own cheeks just cuz you were wondering what your fillings would sound like. ;D

...Katt
 

lastleg

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Feb 3, 2008
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You can't bear to throw away the filthy vaccum bag so you take it to
the alley and spread the contents out on the ground and fan it out to see
if small jewelery or coins might be there.
 

Rifleman

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Oct 1, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You have a dream like I had last night. You go for a walk and find nothing but old houses and swimming holes that no one else has ever detected and you don't even have to rush home to get your detector cause it's in the back seat. Then you have to go Pee, wake up and almost start to cry because you realize it was a dream.

When your ears hurt like heck from the headphones and you don't even care.

When you come home, walking like your 95 years old because your bad back is hurting so bad you can't stand it.

When you wonder why you can't see too good and then realize there is a thick layer of dust on your eyeglasses.

When you polish your detector more than the new vehicle you just bought.

When you have a separate e mail account so the wife will not see the shipping confirmation on whatever detecting gear you just ordered.

When there are crusty, dirty clad coins scattered all over the house.

When you run into people who speak only Chinese because the signal was so darn good.
 

Pepper2004

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Dec 17, 2007
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Whites GMT, Whites M6, Vibra-Probe 570, Ace 250, Bounty Hunter 202, Bounty Hunter Pioneer 505, Whites MXT, 2 Bullseye11
Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

when you get a good signal over a fire ant bed and dig it! :tard:
 

Mental Granny

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May 8, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

I think that sinches it ---Jeff is addicted! :sign10:
 

Old Dog

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May 22, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

When you even polish and wax your digging tools after a day of hunting... to prevent rust.

Whether you use the tools or not, you use the wax... it prevents rust

Just like some fishermen oil up their trusty reels just before spring,

You realize you have used a whole can of pastwax on your digging tools, hammers, chisels and of course the bottom of your coil.... and you were right. It prevented rust.

Now everything is so darn slippery you can't hold onto it ... But there is no rust........

LOL
Thom
 

Rifleman

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Oct 1, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Old Dog, your a sick man. Metal detection bug for sure..

Polish on brother !!!!!

John K
 

Old Dog

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May 22, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

LOL
Darn two box glows in the dark !

Careful though where you use the wax it creates static electicity and attracts dust and dirt.
Especially on top of the coil.

But it won't rust. LOL

Thom
 

JCinNJ

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Jan 25, 2008
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

For the beach detectors....

You plan your days off for when there is a negative low tide during daylight hours especially if it's on or close to a full or new moon.
You can't wait for the next Nor'Easter or Hurricane.
Erosion is your friend.
You focus on the jewelry a girl or woman is wearing more than anything else.
You love to see people roughhousing, playing chicken or volleyball.
You just know that other guy detecting a bit down the beach just found "your" 3 carat platinum engagement ring.
You just know that next pull tab reading is really gonna be a gold ring.

HH

- joe
 

JimInPhilly

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Mar 27, 2005
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

When you treat your detector as if it were a your baby.....You rub your nose on it and give it raspberries and say ....."Youre my little poopy woopy ....cootchie cooootchie cooo.....Daddys gonna tuck you in now"...

Youre pretty much toasted... :wink:


Jim
 

lisfisher

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White's classic 3sl
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

.....you work in a corporate environment and spend your 30 min lunch breaks in the woods swinging a coil

...the only time your on church property is when your searching for coins out back

....your wife is confused as to why there is always a shortage of olive oil

.......you wonder what you would do if your detector breaks down, but if your car breaks down it's no big deal
 

Old Dog

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May 22, 2007
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Yup, I know where you are coming from there.
LOL
As long as the truck or the old Jeep works ... No problem.

Thom
 

MUD(S.W.A.T)

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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Hey all,

Good stuff,

--You keep one silver coin out so you can look at its shinny edge and feel its light feel and hear the high ring on a coin toss.

--You look at everyones jewelry for a .925 or a 14k

--You look at almost any piece of metal for a hallmark

--You like silverware and started a nice collection but your friends think your gay but are not

--Your lawn looks like the moon

--You have strange dreams of finding great treasure

--You ask every other cashier for $2.00 in quarters

--You look at every piece of change you get back

--You over clean your finds

--You search your kids piggy bank

lol, Keep @ it and HH!!
 

lou423

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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

I take my detector wherever I go... :icon_sunny:
 

NeilinFR

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Oct 11, 2007
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Xterra 705
Shadow X5
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

you no longer just enjoy scenery, you scope it out to see where some coins might be located there.
kinda good and bad there if you think about it.
HH
Neil
 

boogeyman

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Jun 6, 2006
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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

You put Flex all on your shoulder and elbow before retiring for the night. The wife wakes you up and asks you what you were dreaming? Then she tells you you were waving and saying "Whoo Hoo" in your sleep.
 

stanjam

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Re: You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

When you aren't detecting, just walking, and you find yourself bending over, picking up trash and shoving it in your pockets, just so that you leave the place better off than when you found it.
 

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