Serious Question!!

[aa battery]

Some old sites here in California are owned by people of Mexican decent. My Spanish is limited so i wondered if someone could help me. How do you say can i metal detect your property in Spanish. If i can ask in Spanish maybe i will get a good responce....aa

 

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[erikk]

Last time I looked California was still the USA. I would ask them in ENGLISH

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Erik, there are cities in CA, where litterally over half the population is Spanish speaking (and not even bilingual!). I would agree with your stance if they were asking for education or legal aid, etc... in Spanish, but for coming on their property, it's not a big deal to have to know a few phrases in their language.

aa battery, I'm in CA too. What part are you from?

I spent a few weeks traveling Mexico (detecting remote ruins, etc....), so I had to learn the basics of asking people. Although this is probably gramatically incorrect, it was good enough for people to know what I was asking about:

"puedo entrar a su propiedead a detector metales, por favor?"

And then you can add words/phrases like "pasa tiempo" (for "hobby of mine") or "enfronte" (for "front yard"), or "en la tierra" ("in the dirt").

 

[aa battery]

Thanks Tom i live in the central valley not far from you and i have a few spots i want to hunt. My point was to make people feel at ease because of distrust .My car is green and it kinda looks like the Border Patrol is stopping in front of their property The central valley like Salinas is known for agriculture erikk so the population of Mexican people has always been here even before the Europeans came.....aa

 

[Sandman]

I don't know much Spanish beond Taco, but I would sure paint the green car a different color.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Hope you gain permission to hunt some great sites.

It's amazing though how ignorant many Americans are today about this country. A few months back I got into a firestorm here because I posted pictures of 17th century Spanish cobs and jewelry a friend dug in southern California. The idea of Spanish or Mexican treasures in California just seems impossible to those who don't have a clue about history.

There are great treasures in California for those willing to do the research.

We have so much in this country. Long before the Roman Empire, the so-called "Copper Culture" Native Americans covered our land with all sorts of hand made hammered copper artifacts. Some of these artifacts have dated to 4,000 B.C. I have a friend in northern Michigan who has dug hundreds of copper arrowpoints, spear heads, knives, etc., with his detectors. One fellow even dug a copper bell that dated to about 4000 B.C. Artifacts made by the "Copper Culture" people have even been found in the deep south. These people (whoever they were) covered this entire country.

One never knows what one will find anywhere in this country. It never caused much interest here but last year I dug a French fur trader knife and ball from an early large bore gun. The knife and ball dated to about 1700 and I sold them to a specialist collector.

Too many THers think all we have to hope for are wheaties and Merc dimes.

Badger

 

[Ant]

It's best to meet a Mexican person that metal detects and befriend him or her. I have a few Mexican metal detecting friends that every now and then I hunt with. And they know how to talk the lingo and get permission. The same goes for construction site workers, most of which seem to be of Latino decent now a days.

It's like a Black guy walking up to a farm and asking, can I MD your property. He’d be lucky if he got to the front door, sad, but true.

All I can say is that from my experience, most Latinos have been exposed to metal detectors at one time or another. So they know the deal as well as anybody else.

 

[syko]

I changed a couple things,,

"Perdon(Excuse me)Senior or seniorapuedo entrar a su propiedead a detectAr metales, por favor?"


And then you can add words/phrases like "pasa tiempo" (for "hobby of mine") or "enfronte" en frente (for "front yard"), or "en la tierra" ("in the dirt").

throw in a cerveza and that might grease some palms..be it Corona,Budlight...
Have you tried asking them in English? Some people automatically assume someone only speaks Spanish
and at the least do Spanglish...talking in Spanish with English words thrown in to describe something.

"vamos a la playa para buscar oro con mi metal detector"
"Let's go to the beach to look for gold with my metal detector"

Cause some words in Spanish get longer..detector de metal = metal detector, but literally translates to detector of metal..lots of phrases are
reversed in English.
Let's not forget how complicated English words can get with ..there,their ,they're, etc.

Good luck, and don't call anyone a "pendejo" trust me...
don't listen to your friends at the office saying that means "friend" in Spanish

 

[lamar]

Dear Syko;
Believe it or not, a pendejo in Bolivia is someone who is very smart, or quick thinking. I swear I'm not making this up! The first time I heard someone say to me "Que pendejo!" I almost clocked them before someone else stepped in and explained to me that the word has a totally different meaning here. I swear I am not making this up!
Your friend;
LAMAR

 

[syko]

lol.. I didn't know that..I still wouldn't use it anywhere else..unless you're in Bolivia,just
don't bother

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Puede el metal de i detectar por favor su característica

Please can I metal detect your property

 

[syko]

Puede el metal de i detectar por favor su característica


Please ... can I metal detect ..your .....property
(por favor....,puedo detectar .......su ........propiedad?)

Wikipedia shows característica as math related..to me I thought it referred to character.,characteristic.

 

[IndianaSmith]

aa- Even if you learn to ask "Can I metal detect your property", I doubt if the conversation would end with a "yes or no" (whatever that is in spanish). Point is.....you''re going to need a whole-lot more vocabulary than that.

Smitty

 

[aa battery]

Indiana you might be right......aa

 

[Ant]

Naw, I've seen some of the dudes from his area and from the looks of it, they'd make quick work of you. You would need at least a squad of guys like you to intimidate someone. But by yourself or with another person you’d be smoke.

I know for a fact that when some of them get the perception that you don't respect the Mexican coulter, or you’re wearing a BP cap, or they just don’t want to be bothered they pretend to not understand English. And when you leave they bust out laughing. I’m telling you it happens like that. I’ve seen it and I’m sure you’ve seen it in reverse.

Sad but true.

HH

 

[jernigan00]

ant...........I aint skeerd

justgeese.....You can tag along with me. I'll wear my getup and together we'll show up infront of thier house and watch them run out the back.

You know what that means........abandoned property! Nothing but pesos for the taking, lol.

 

[Ant]

ant...........I aint skeerd

justgeese.....You can tag along with me. I'll wear my getup and together we'll show up infront of thier house and watch them run out the back.

You know what that means........abandoned property! Nothing but pesos for the taking, lol.

Let's go, I'm ready .

 

[JP]

AA Battery the best way and correct way to ask someone in Spanish would be:

Me da permiso entrar a su propiedad con mi detector de metales para buscar monedas?

Would you allow me to enter your property with my metal detector to look for coins?

I don't know if I would throw the word jewelry or relics around because then the conversation will get more involved.

Let us know how you do.