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[SlateBeltDigger]

Sorry if this topic has been beaten to death, but I'm new here.

What's the funniest comment you've ever gotten from a civilian while metal detecting??

Mine is this by far:

Lady walking her two dogs in a field I was about to detect while I was at my vehicle gearing up: "How long will you be here weed whacking? That sound scares my dogs."

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

The one I have in my title: "Is that a Geiger counter?"

 

[cudamark]

"Will that thing find paper money too?"

 

[Centsless Detecting]

Lady - "Are you looking for geo cashes?"

Me - "Nope just metal detecting"

 

[1637]

i dont remember king tut coming though here,if you need money you should get a cup and go down to the 7-11.these is why i mainly go the the desert now

 

[creskol]

"Will that thing find paper money too?"

It should if they are Silver Certificates

 

[SD51]

I got a tip from my brother about a park on a lake where he had eyeballed a large cent. I was there the next Saturday at sunup and noticed two cars in the parking lot when I arrived. I figured they were most likely fishing.

When I got down to the beach I saw two couples swimming. After detecting the sand for a while, the two couples came racing out of the water wearing nothing but a smile. They yelled, "We thought you were going to shock the water"! I told them I was the one that was shocked!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Young couple out for a hike, the girl says, "What are you looking for?"

Without looking up or taking off my headphones I responded, "Ex-wife number three. I forgot to get my diamond ring back before I buried her."

Here's the kicker - County Police cruiser pulled up on me 15-minutes later. After a tense but brief conversation, we all laughed, I gave them my knife shop business card and told them to give me a call.

 

[Coinboy]

“What’s this young man doing here with a gun!” I’m assuming that couple was referring to my black pinpointer...

 

[cudamark]

Sorry if this topic has been beaten to death, but I'm new here.

What's the funniest comment you've ever gotten from a civilian while metal detecting??

Mine is this by far:

Lady walking her two dogs in a field I was about to detect while I was at my vehicle gearing up: "How long will you be here weed whacking? That sound scares my dogs."

I had a similar response one day while detecting a curb stip. A lady walking her dog came up to me and asked "where did you buy that?" I told her.....can't remember which detector store it was.......she looked a bit puzzled, but, then, said "I'll have to check that out. I want to get one for my husband because he doesn't like noise, and that's the quietest weed whacker I've ever seen" I just had to laugh as I explained what it actually was.

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

Terry is in the lead here with SD51 a close second lol!!

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

Young couple out for a hike, the girl says, "What are you looking for?"

Without looking up or taking off my headphones I responded, "Ex-wife number three. I forgot to get my diamond ring back before I buried her."

Here's the kicker - County Police cruiser pulled up on me 15-minutes later. After a tense but brief conversation, we all laughed, I gave them my knife shop business card and told them to give me a call.

That's a great story right there!

 

[ecmo]

I got a tip from my brother about a park on a lake where he had eyeballed a large cent. I was there the next Saturday at sunup and noticed two cars in the parking lot when I arrived. I figured they were most likely fishing.

When I got down to the beach I saw two couples swimming. After detecting the sand for a while, the two couples came racing out of the water wearing nothing but a smile. They yelled, "We thought you were going to shock the water"! I told them I was the one that was shocked!

Lol, now that's funny right there, loved it. I've never had anything funny except a couple people have ask me about my "geiger counter" but have read where others have had the same happen so nothing new there. Lol shock the water.

 

[smokeythecat]

Was detecting thirty something years ago where they were just putting in hew houses. A guy comes over as we were leaving and asked if we were looking for radioactive materials, I said yes, the government lost some hot stuff around here awhile back - and left. At least that's what I remember...however, I'm not sure, I may have just said "metal in the ground", but I know I was THINKING about answering with the radioactive line.

 

[nuggetdog]

Just got back from the local soccer fields and at one point I was surrounded by 6 little kids, one asked if I was looking for dinosaur bones, needless to say but they ended up with most of my change, kids are great aren’t they and hard to say no too!!!

 

[Noah_D]

Same as Charlie P. (NY), one lady asked me about my "geiger thingy" referring to my pinpointer.

 

[Joseph2867]

I called my diggin buddy and told him soon after this comment..."yeah I bought a detector once..but it was messed up and wouldn't work right. It kept making this funny noise"..

 

[mextallion]

3 ladies and one guy came up to me because if i came down to their church God would help me walk without that cane.