5 miles???

[jhamner]

I know this sounds too crazy to be true, but it is!
A friend of mine told me he had seen a metal detector that would pick up gold within a five mile radius and asked me what I thought. Obviously I advised him against it, telling him even if by some miracle it did work, the machine would be going off non-stop because of everyone's wedding bands, jewelry, etc. He bought it anyway--paid big bucks, kept it a month or so, and then sold it for a fraction of what he had paid.
I'm not sure what the moral of this story is, but it can't be anything good!

 

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[dognose]

a detector which can detect gold 5 miles?
that would not be technically possible I think, the power needed and physic do not align.

 

[Javadroid]

Puts a spin on the notion of "fool's gold," don't ya think?

 

[jhamner]

Puts a spin on the notion of "fool's gold," don't ya think?

Amen!

 

[jhamner]

a detector which can detect gold 5 miles?
that would not be technically possible I think, the power needed and physic do not align.

That's basically what I told him too, but to no avail.

 

[A2coins]

Shake him till he wakes up!!!!!

 

[jhamner]

Shake him till he wakes up!!!!!

Good idea!

 

[Trezurehunter]

I know he's your friend, but to me, the moral of the story is "A fool and his money are soon parted" ! At least he got a portion of it back.

 

[Escape]

I don't think my dumbest friend is that dumb.

 

[Escape]

Everyone should have a dog and at least one dumb friend. ​

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello jhamner,

I'm a Physicist, there is no way this can be true, please try to spare your friend the loss of his hard earned money.

Regards,

Doc

 

[RGINN]

Well on the bright side, he is becoming more knowledgeable on detectors, unfortunately the hard way.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Oh, we have a "Long Range Detectors" sub forum here.

Apparently what you have to do is "tune into" the frequency of gold. People believe this.

When I tried to rationalize that the name for elements that emit anything of a frequency on their own is "radioactive" and gold is not that, it does not dissuade them.

 

[jhamner]

I know he's your friend, but to me, the moral of the story is "A fool and his money are soon parted" ! At least he got a portion of it back.

Right!

 

[jhamner]

Well on the bright side, he is becoming more knowledgeable on detectors, unfortunately the hard way.

Right--definitely the school of hard knocks.

 

[jhamner]

Hello jhamner,

I'm a Physicist, there is no way this can be true, please try to spare your friend the loss of his hard earned money.

Regards,

Doc

I definitely agree--unfortunately he already bought the machine, used it a couple of times, and then sold it for a little of nothing.
By the way, I have deep admiration for physicists, although I'm not smart enough to become one (too late too!) Physics however was one of my favorite subjects in college. We had a super professor--smart, funny, and he knew how to present the material so that learning it was fun. I'm pretty sure before teaching he worked on developing the first U.S. nuclear submarine. His name was Shirley Rosser--but don't call me Shirley! Funny name for a man, but we didn't care-he was a great professor and that's all that we cared about.

 

[jhamner]

Oh, we have a "Long Range Detectors" sub forum here.

Apparently what you have to do is "tune into" the frequency of gold. People believe this.

When I tried to rationalize that the name for elements that emit anything of a frequency on their own is "radioactive" and gold is not that, it does not dissuade them.

Agreed--once people make up their minds, it's often hard to make them believe otherwise.

 

[ARC]

I know he's your friend, but to me, the moral of the story is "A fool and his money are soon parted" ! At least he got a portion of it back.

What ? ? ?

A buffoon smells his wallet after he farted ? ? ?

Oh... a fool... ehhh nevermind.

:P

 

[jhamner]

I don't think my dumbest friend is that dumb.

Agreed-this man made a very poor judgment call on this one, but believe it or not, he is an extremely successful businessman. He buys and sells storage units and has become a multimillionaire at it. Guess maybe that's why the money was no object to him.

 

[jhamner]

What ? ? ?

A buffoon smells his wallet after he farted ? ? ?

Oh... a fool... ehhh nevermind.

:P

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