Yeah, that stinks! Even if it's hot I hunt with at least one, sometimes 2 gloves, for that very reason- I hunt a lot of city parks and you just never know. Be safe..
I was pulling weeds today at work a found a little container & heard something inside when I moved it. I thought cool maybe treasure, it was a crack pipe
Fortunately, only a couple parks in our area have discarded needles and syringes......they've been eliminated from my list of hunting spots.
What never ceases to amaze me is the amount of live rounds of ammo found in public areas........and the calibers!! I generally find 20 to 25 per year and turn them in to the local PD. They have the facilities to dispose of them properly.
Just be happy you don't detect San Francisco. But of course not only do you have needles but the occasional, and more prevalent, steaming pile of excrement. So ya got that goin' for ya.
Sorry to hear that. Fortunately I've never found one. I have lost too many friends to count on one hand to Heroine. Something needs to be done the youth of this nation is disappearing way to fast.