Be careful Of What You Might Find At The Bottom Of The Hole

[jaypop06]

Today I was reminded how dangerous our hobby can actually be. I returned to the old bottle dump on the river where I found the Indian Head Penny to do some more detecting. I got a great signal, dug it, reached in to remove a rock. It was sorta stuck so I tugged on it to remove it. My hand slipped off and run across a piece of an old broken bottle that I didn't notice.

I felt my finger go numb as soon as it happened, so I knew the cut was deep. I looked down and seen that it had cut through my leather glove and knew it wasn't going to be pretty. Long story short, I went to urgent care and the doctor was able to glue it together, so no stitches which is a good thing. But, this just goes to show, you can't be too careful out there folks. Everyone, be careful out there.

 

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Yikes. That's some sharp glass to cut through leather gloves.

I thought this was going to be snake bit story.

 

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[jaypop06]

I would like to thank everyone for the well wishes. Yes, it really did cut through a leather glove. Like I told the doctor while he was gluing everything back together, imagine what it would have looked like had I not been wearing gloves.

 

[TheRingFinder]

I use these; a lot of interference, yes - but very safe!

 

[Scrappy]

Sounds like you got to switch hands. I'm a righty and always dig with that hand and point with the left. I sliced my hand and my finger got infected for a few weeks so I dug left, pointed right!

Get better soon and your shedding of blood will not go unnoticed by the coin gods

 

[sandchip]

Dang, man. I hope it heals quickly so you can get back at it. Your picture reminds me of the Sienfeld episode with Danny Tartabull.

 

[jewelerguy]

ouch. I've done the same thing, but not nearly as bad.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Glad you are but yikes!

 

[coinman123]

I'm very sorry about that, I was digging in a trash pit without gloves, I took my hand out, and the tip of my finger was bleeding, weirdly I could not feel it when I happened, it was bleeding very bad for the next half and hour, I had to go through a bunch of bandages during that incident.