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- Location
- Concrete, WA
- Detector(s) used
- Nokta FoRs Gold, a Gold Cube, 2 Keene Sluices and Lord only knows how many pans....not to mention a load of other gear my wife still doesn't know about!
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
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Just saw an article that was a reminder of the season...Spring.
Wild critters are having their babies, and unknowingly encroaching
on their turf can have bad consequences.
https://fox8.com/news/39-year-old-w...t-bear-attack-colorado-wildlife-officials-say
A few suggestions:
If you're in the woods detecting, be sure and make plenty of noise
so animals can hear you coming, and have a chance to move away
from you. Even most snakes will move out of your way if they hear
or feel you coming..but then there's always that one with the attitude
you need to be watching for.
When in wooded areas, use just one side of your headphones so
you can hear movement in your immediate area. Wild animals
don't like surprises.
Before you dig a target, take a good look (and listen) around. When
you are kneeling or stooped over digging a target, you look like a
prey animal to any larger predator. Don't look or act like prey and
you won't be prey.
I used to get so engaged in recovering targets that I had no clue as
to what was going on around me, and more than once I'd recover
the target and stand up, only to see people nearby that weren't there
before, and I never heard them coming.
Hopefully, others will add their suggestions and experiences. Getting
chewed up by a bear, or even a mean dog, ain't no fun.
Stay ALERT and Stay ALIVE...
Wild critters are having their babies, and unknowingly encroaching
on their turf can have bad consequences.
https://fox8.com/news/39-year-old-w...t-bear-attack-colorado-wildlife-officials-say
A few suggestions:
If you're in the woods detecting, be sure and make plenty of noise
so animals can hear you coming, and have a chance to move away
from you. Even most snakes will move out of your way if they hear
or feel you coming..but then there's always that one with the attitude
you need to be watching for.
When in wooded areas, use just one side of your headphones so
you can hear movement in your immediate area. Wild animals
don't like surprises.
Before you dig a target, take a good look (and listen) around. When
you are kneeling or stooped over digging a target, you look like a
prey animal to any larger predator. Don't look or act like prey and
you won't be prey.
I used to get so engaged in recovering targets that I had no clue as
to what was going on around me, and more than once I'd recover
the target and stand up, only to see people nearby that weren't there
before, and I never heard them coming.
Hopefully, others will add their suggestions and experiences. Getting
chewed up by a bear, or even a mean dog, ain't no fun.
Stay ALERT and Stay ALIVE...
