people in the parks....

[Viddy]

I was detecting in a county park today with my Etrac.
Guy comes walking thru the park yelling on his cell phone in speaker mode and carrying a baby-carrier filled with Pampers and baby food. (no baby tho! I hope he didn't lose it along the way!).
He stops next to me and yells in the phone "ma! I gotta go! shut the f*ck up! I gotta go! bye!". I took off my headphones and said 'Hey there'. The fellow then puts down the baby-carrier, takes out his teeth, starts cleaning them with his shirt, and asks 'find anything?'. I replied my usual response 'just a few coins, nothing spectacular'. I use that line all the time. I don't care if I have dug the Holy Grail...in a glowing chest... and have it in a back pack... I still would use that line.
He then tells me 'Not surprising man! I hit this place a lot with my detector and found a lot of coins. probably because my detector is probably a lot better than yours.' Here's how the conversation went from there.......
ME: 'what are you swinging?'
HIM: 'I forget the name, but it's a lot smaller than yours so probably means better.'
ME: 'smaller? is it a Deus?'
HIM: 'no man! I forget but it has a needle and dial on it. I paid like $80 bucks for it!'
ME: 'is it a Bounty Hunter?'
HIM: 'yeah! that's it! get rid of that thing you got and get one of those and you'll stuff man!'
ME: 'uh... OK... I'll check them out. thanks for the info'
**his cell phone rings**
HIM 'i gotta go. cya!'
ME: 'cya'

anyone else meet some of the most annoying people while detecing? Sometimes I wonder why I take the headphones off....

 

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[austin]

Thank heavens it was you. Some of us would have distracted him, stolen his teeth and run away, while yelling, I'm gonna stick a pull tab in them, bury them and then see how that bounty hunter works out for you..

 

[ragu]

lol, I've Only been approached by one guy with a dog, asked the same question and after a stock answer much like yours, the conversation akwardly ended..... oh well!

 

[jeff of pa]

ROFL You should have convinced him if he puts his dentures in the hole & you bury them,
you'll be able to detect them
Then if he does it, when it didn't work say "darn advertisers"

 

[XLTer]

Thank heavens it was you. Some of us would have distracted him, stolen his teeth and run away, while yelling, I'm gonna stick a pull tab in them, bury them and then see how that bounty hunter works out for you..

 

[Foot hill]

Get those people a lot
Usually something like this
Them.. Find anything?
Me... Just a few pennies
Them... Yeah that detector looks old! (Tesoro Compadre)
Me... Yeah, it's all I can afford.
Them.. Harbor freight sales some good ones!
Me... Ill check them out, thanks!

I've even got the same comments using my Deus, guess it looks like a toy also !?

Three things to consider.
1)The parks are there second or sometimes primary residence.

2) Drugs

3) Drugs

 

[luvsdux]

I've yet to be approached by someone claiming to have a better detector (or any at all). Usually just comment a few coins and bottle caps to those that ask if I'm finding anything and keep detecting if possible. Have taken time with the curious ones to show them how the detector works now and then.
luvsdux

 

[dholland02]

Guy came up to me ans waa saying he lives in a real old house that supposedly there's a treasure buried there. He then said how are those radio shack detectors. I go you might as well just threw ur money in the air. He replies I just bought one, I was like ohhh I gotta go. Lol

 

[dusty1530]

I go to a park here close to a high school hoping to find a ring or gold chain so far just clad. I never have been approched by someone yet but I am sure I know what to say to them , I do go fishintg a lot and was taught by my grand dad how to answer .
P.S. has anyone found somthing good in a park ? the park I go to like I said has a high school next to it with several base ball fields in it the school was bult in the 70's

 

[Nickleanddime]

Lol yeah some people are something. Funny thing is I get bugged less metal detecting then I do while in fishing. Seems like they would want to know if you find any valuables versus a stinky ol fish.

 

[gerryk]

People like him are a good reason to carry a small batch of bb's. Jus as your leaving walk away for your car spreading them for him to find or not. He will spend hours looking with that top end machine he got.

 

[dusty1530]

that is true every fisherman has a story

 

[midnightmoon]

My first detector was an Ace 250. I was enjoying myself in a park until a rude woman showed up with her mini-me son in tow. Kid was about 8. She pointed and laughed at me and said stuff to her son along the lines that I was a trash picker and detecting was stupid.

She had a small point & shoot camera and was taking pics of her kid when I noticed a group of about 5 adults with SLR cameras. They were pointing and chattering about how bad her camera was and how poorly she was positioning her kid.

I was laughing [but not pointing!] because it is all just a food chain out there.

 

[Alan Applegate]

Get yourself one of these:

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I was detecting in a county park today with my Etrac.
Guy comes walking thru the park yelling on his cell phone in speaker mode and carrying a baby-carrier filled with Pampers and baby food. (no baby tho! I hope he didn't lose it along the way!).
He stops next to me and yells in the phone "ma! I gotta go! shut the f*ck up! I gotta go! bye!". I took off my headphones and said 'Hey there'. The fellow then puts down the baby-carrier, takes out his teeth, starts cleaning them with his shirt, and asks 'find anything?'. I replied my usual response 'just a few coins, nothing spectacular'. I use that line all the time. I don't care if I have dug the Holy Grail...in a glowing chest... and have it in a back pack... I still would use that line.
He then tells me 'Not surprising man! I hit this place a lot with my detector and found a lot of coins. probably because my detector is probably a lot better than yours.' Here's how the conversation went from there.......
ME: 'what are you swinging?'
HIM: 'I forget the name, but it's a lot smaller than yours so probably means better.'
ME: 'smaller? is it a Deus?'
HIM: 'no man! I forget but it has a needle and dial on it. I paid like $80 bucks for it!'
ME: 'is it a Bounty Hunter?'
HIM: 'yeah! that's it! get rid of that thing you got and get one of those and you'll stuff man!'
ME: 'uh... OK... I'll check them out. thanks for the info'
**his cell phone rings**
HIM 'i gotta go. cya!'
ME: 'cya'

anyone else meet some of the most annoying people while detecing? Sometimes I wonder why I take the headphones off....

Oh man!...That would have been annoying as HELL....I have had a guy come up to be...asking what i was finding....Pretty much do what you do...Use the same line.

My line is..."Nothing worth a Shii"....So then he pulls out change from his pockets...and starts throwing them in the direction i was detecting...purposley trying to piss me off...I walked rigth pas them and kept detecting....next thing i know he is walking off...and doing karate kicks in the air for no reason.

it was obvious the guy was on dope or something...so i didnt want to be a msart ass to him.

NOw if its someone that really is interested, i have no problem answering thier questions.


One thing i will NEVER do, is tell a person what a detector really costs...people always ask me when im in a shady neighborhood....I always tell them..." I think they are like 30 bucks at Walmart"...last thing im gonna do is tell someone im walking around with a $500+ machine.

Great Post!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I like that idea, bomb squad!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

They're out there! I usually don't bother taking off my head phones. What annoys me is them taking pictures of me, I know my backside is posted somewhere on the web! lol! Amazing what people say right in front of you when they "think" you can't hear them. I just choose not to, my choice . If someone is truly interested I will stop and talk with them. HH to all and may your next find be the big one!

 

[gerryk]

Get yourself one of these: <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=891082"/>

I have one of these at work and could change what it says to something like bomb squad or better yet, homeland defense.

 

[WheatbackDigger]

Sometimes I wonder why I take the headphones off....[/QUOTE]

Probably the best quote on Tnet

 

[treasurehound]

Funny story. The only incident that I have had was at a park that I researched to be from the 1800's. I invited some friends to come along and help me hunt it. We were there about 30 minutes and this lady comes over and starts telling us we shouldn't be there and she was calling the park admin. We ignored her because we knew it was ok to hunt there. I could hear her yelling on the phone then she comes over and again tells me I should leave and she is talking to the park official. I asked if I could talk to him. He told me she is the neighborhood watch person and there have been a lot of drug deals in the park and she was a little "touched". He thanked me for using the park and also gave me another site to detect. He talked to the lady and then she appologized to me and went home. We found several wheats, silver and I got a nice ring as well. Most of my encounters are good. I was hunting a very large park a couple years ago and two elderly gentlemen were walking the trail and they stopped to see if I was having any luck. I just got done digging a SLQ, Buffalo Bill token and a silver ring. They told me there used to be a boy scout cabin over there (they pointed). And near the parking lot they said used to be the football field. It was near where the old school used to be and they went to school there back in the 1940's. I went over to where the cabin used to sit and found about a dozen wheat pennies and a mercury dime. Again most of those I talk to are very nice and you can get some very good info from them so don't ignore everyone.