Ever have an embarrassing moment in this hobby?

[WHADIFIND]

I had one of those non-stellar days today. Not "bad", just not stellar. I did however turn up an old war nickel in pretty good shape. Unfortunately, I managed to scratch it right across the face. (rookie mistake).

I moved on and was semi-gridding the place. On the way back to the car, I turned up another war nickel. About the same shape, was right on top, and when I looked a little closer, it had a scratch also. Hmmmmm, interesting. Right across the face too! Almost exactly where I....................wait a minute!!! I checked my found pouch. No nickel. I had just found the same one, TWICE!!! oH! HOW embarrassing!!!! LOL

Thought if anyone else out there had done this, they would now not feel so bad.

HH!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I was about one year into the hobby and I needed some boots and yes as God is my witness I’m the one who bought the steel toe boots I have no you’ve heard about that happening but I felt so stupid for not putting two into together for about 30 minutes lol

It happens, either the steel toed boots or rings on your fingers trying to pinpoint and your pinpointer going nuts, not saying I have done either I am pleading the 5th to not self incriminate LOL

 

[Truth]

It happens, either the steel toed boots or rings on your fingers trying to pinpoint and your pinpointer going nuts, not saying I have done either I am pleading the 5th to not self incriminate LOL

Yeah buddy I did the ring to LOL

I had one of those non-stellar days today. Not "bad", just not stellar. I did however turn up an old war nickel in pretty good shape. Unfortunately, I managed to scratch it right across the face. (rookie mistake).

I moved on and was semi-gridding the place. On the way back to the car, I turned up another war nickel. About the same shape, was right on top, and when I looked a little closer, it had a scratch also. Hmmmmm, interesting. Right across the face too! Almost exactly where I....................wait a minute!!! I checked my found pouch. No nickel. I had just found the same one, TWICE!!! oH! HOW embarrassing!!!! LOL

Thought if anyone else out there had done this, they would now not feel so bad.

HH!

That’s what I’m here for LOL

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

This thread is so good lmao 🤣

Once, I was trying to break a root, so I jumped on my hand digger, and "krrch" It snapped, not the root but the digger.
Another time I showed up without a pinpointer.
Also, nothing like digging a huge hole and the coin is on the surface.

This one was a few months ago. The detector was beeping everywhere, even when swung in the air. I spent like 15 minutes trying everything (adjusting setting, replacing batteries, etc). Well, it turned out I had attached a keychain to the coil cord, and over some time it slid from the top of the coil's cord down to the coil itself and was making the detector crazy.

Oh, this one was like a week ago in the woods. I looked down and there was a skeleton's HAND sticking out of the leaves! I started freaking out, wondering what to do. Eventually I decided to call my dad to come, and he took a look at it and plucked it out of a ground. Turns out it was a plastic replica. Scared the heck out of me though.

 

[russau]

Boy did I in spades !!! I was in Alaska 1970 and I was above the Artic Circle at Mic Manns camp MDing his placer mining camp for two weeks and while there MDing my back had a problem and I needed to go sit down in the shade and give my lower back a rest. I was digging a hit when all this happened ! I figured , "NO PROBLEM" ! and I went over to rest the old back when some other person was working their way up this gravel bed and I heard a yell 1 i thought " OH S*** ! That was from the hole I just left for a break..........................................and yes he found the target I was digging on............and yes he dug a 1 1/2 OZ. GOLD NUGGET! .......... I left that hole and didn't leave my detector over the hole ! He found it ! And I;m still kicking myself over my D,A. mistake ! and it hurts still today when I think about it ! I know ! I know ! I've heard it over and over again

 

[Slowtaknow]

My coworker lost his ring, asked me to find it. I couldn't, no matter how hard I tried, then another coworker came over and offered to compare the signal seeing his was similar, here I am, the expert now realizes that I'm looking for steel wedding ring and have iron notched out, felt like such a loser. I found the ring.

 

[WHADIFIND]

This thread is so good lmao 🤣

Once, I was trying to break a root, so I jumped on my hand digger, and "krrch" It snapped, not the root but the digger.
Another time I showed up without a pinpointer.
Also, nothing like digging a huge hole and the coin is on the surface.

This one was a few months ago. The detector was beeping everywhere, even when swung in the air. I spent like 15 minutes trying everything (adjusting setting, replacing batteries, etc). Well, it turned out I had attached a keychain to the coil cord, and over some time it slid from the top of the coil's cord down to the coil itself and was making the detector crazy.

Oh, this one was like a week ago in the woods. I looked down and there was a skeleton's HAND sticking out of the leaves! I started freaking out, wondering what to do. Eventually I decided to call my dad to come, and he took a look at it and plucked it out of a ground. Turns out it was a plastic replica. Scared the heck out of me though.

This thread has been linked to my profile forever! Just never seemed to completely catch on. Couldn't even imagine why not! 🤷‍♂️

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

Well, it happened yesterday.
I showed up to the old part of town excited and then realized the digger was missing. Apperantly my mom was using the digger for the garden. I Should have checked before leaving
I ended up having to dig with a spoon

With struggle I was able to make decent plugs with the spoon, but here's how the day went:
"Hello! Can I metal detect in your yard?"
"Go to town!" (I think that is a saying similar to 'knock yourself out')
All I can say is I don't think digging with a spoon and a piece of pipe looked professional because I got kicked out after the first signal 3 times.

 

[BCSMark]

You got kicked off of 3 different permissions? That is remarkable.

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

You got kicked off of 3 different permissions? That is remarkable.

Yep. I wasn't even making a mess, the plugs were good.
After that I gave up and went to a playground. Got lucky--Under the swings I found a silver chain. I'm in school now so I don't have it, I will post it later.

 

[BCSMark]

What were the reasons they gave? honestly after the second I would have given up 😂

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

What were the reasons they gave? honestly after the second I would have given up 😂

They said
'I don't want you ripping up my yard'
'Why are you digging?'
'If you're going to dig you gotta leave I can't have you dig up my lawn'

 

[robertk]

They said
'I don't want you ripping up my yard'
'Why are you digging?'
'If you're going to dig you gotta leave I can't have you dig up my lawn'

In order.

Those who don't do metal detecting may not understand that you (usually) have to actually dig things up in order to find them. Seems obvious to us, but may not be to everyone.

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

Those who don't do metal detecting may not understand that you (usually) have to actually dig things up in order to find them. Seems obvious to us, but may not be to everyone.

makes sense. However Usually I don't rejected that often so I think the spoon was part of it.

 

[WHADIFIND]

They said
'I don't want you ripping up my yard'
'Why are you digging?'
'If you're going to dig you gotta leave I can't have you dig up my lawn'

In order.

I wonder if they practice their golf swing in the yard?

 

[Old Dude]

They said
'I don't want you ripping up my yard'
'Why are you digging?'
'If you're going to dig you gotta leave I can't have you dig up my lawn'

I actually had a similar experience. I had passed by this old farmhouse several times without ever having anyone answer a knock. After the 4th or 5th time, an elderly, suspicious acting lady told me to go ahead. After the second or third signal, she came out yelling “ Why are you digging up my yard? Get out!”. What do you say?😂 I was at a loss for words and just apologized and left.

 

[PenguinDetectsCA]

I actually had a similar experience. I had passed by this old farmhouse several times without ever having anyone answer a knock. After the 4th or 5th time, an elderly, suspicious acting lady told me to go ahead. After the second or third signal, she came out yelling “ Why are you digging up my yard? Get out!”. What do you say?😂 I was at a loss for words and just apologized and left.

Dang.
Reminds me of once, I had a permission and when it got dark after 15 minutes, I asked if i could come back another day. He said yes so I came back the next weekend. I knocked to let him know, and he said "Nooooooooooo....Youuuu took toooo loooooong laaaast time!"

It was a bummer because I found at that spot my favorite button a cool eagle one
(in my profile pic)

 

[Tnmountains]

*-3.
I may have posted this year ago but..... Saw an add from a guy in Chickamauga ,Ga had relics for sale. I called him and he said all he had was solid shot left. I agreed to meet him at his house. When I arrived he showed me the shell and I looked at at it and relisted it was nothing but a mill ball. No seams. We got to talking and he said he managed a property beside Chickamauga park with a house on it for an out of town client.
I had my metal detector in the back seat of my truck. So I offered to but the steel ball if he would let me metal detect the property by the park.
He said no problem just park behind the house so people would not see my truck and then everyone one want to detect it.
I thought no problem...... so I parked there. This should have been a red flag.

Geared up and swinging away saw park boundary markers and made sure I was on the right side. Up came some calvary horse shoes.Buck and ball and iron.
I thought this is going to be good and then a truck pulled up. This property was probably twenty acres. Guy walked up to me and pulled back his jacket to show his pistol. I slowly slid my jacket back so he would see what I had. He said do not move police on the way.

Come to find out HE was the actual care taker of the property. Police came and here I am explaining buying a mill ball and the permissions.
Come to find out the guy who sold me the mill ball and him were neighborly enemies. They know all about him and his antics.

I stood with Police as he called the owner from out of state to see if they wanted to prosecute. The cop was laughing at me for being set up owner said let him go. As I left embarrassed with tail between legs all I could think about was going back to to the guy who sold me mill ball as solid cannon shot.
But I felt mt luck was thin and anger high and best hit the state line and go home.

Man what a site it would have been with correct permissions.
To good to be true probably is. I still have that mill ball,lol.

 

[Almy]

I got permission to hunt an old house site from a man owner who lived about a quarter of a mile away in a house across the road and visible from the site. I went back the next day and the man's wife drove out of the house and up to me, saying she didn't want me to hunt there because she was afraid her young grandchildren would fall into my holes! I just left. No point in arguing that there would be no holes left.

 

[WHADIFIND]

*-3.
I may have posted this year ago but..... Saw an add from a guy in Chickamauga ,Ga had relics for sale. I called him and he said all he had was solid shot left. I agreed to meet him at his house. When I arrived he showed me the shell and I looked at at it and relisted it was nothing but a mill ball. No seams. We got to talking and he said he managed a property beside Chickamauga park with a house on it for an out of town client.
I had my metal detector in the back seat of my truck. So I offered to but the steel ball if he would let me metal detect the property by the park.
He said no problem just park behind the house so people would not see my truck and then everyone one want to detect it.
I thought no problem...... so I parked there. This should have been a red flag.

Geared up and swinging away saw park boundary markers and made sure I was on the right side. Up came some calvary horse shoes.Buck and ball and iron.
I thought this is going to be good and then a truck pulled up. This property was probably twenty acres. Guy walked up to me and pulled back his jacket to show his pistol. I slowly slid my jacket back so he would see what I had. He said do not move police on the way.

Come to find out HE was the actual care taker of the property. Police came and here I am explaining buying a mill ball and the permissions.
Come to find out the guy who sold me the mill ball and him were neighborly enemies. They know all about him and his antics.

I stood with Police as he called the owner from out of state to see if they wanted to prosecute. The cop was laughing at me for being set up owner said let him go. As I left embarrassed with tail between legs all I could think about was going back to to the guy who sold me mill ball as solid cannon shot.
But I felt mt luck was thin and anger high and best hit the state line and go home.

Man what a site it would have been with correct permissions.
To good to be true probably is. I still have that mill ball,lol.

I still will *not* hunt anywhere that I don't have direct permission to do so. But some people just love getting others in trouble.

One time I stopped at a house and the neighbor came over to tell me he was friends with the owner. That he wouldn't mind at all. I told him maybe another day cuz I was tired.

But, what I did was to ask him if I could hunt his yard. He refused.

I drove by that place many times until I saw someone getting their mail from the mailbox. I told him about my encounter with the neighbor. He said it was a good thing I didn't just take his word. He said that guy was stealing produce from his garden. And sooooo.....he had set up a few bear Traps. He then invited me in for coffee.

We talked about my hobby and said he'd allow me to hunt but only after he took down the Traps.

I don't recall what I found but I remember it being a fun hunt. Each time I hunted, that neighbor was seen grinning at his window. Waiting for the explosion that never happened!