This Happen to Anyone Else?

[Trent67]

This has happened at least once every time I am at the beach. Is this just a South FloriDUH phenomenon? Okay here goes- i am walking down the beach swinging my MD. It is still early, the beach isn't crowded but you have the early morning joggers, walkers, and sea shell hunters. I am walking slow and swinging my MD from side to side, ya know how we do it , and a person will almost walk right into you! Or they walk so close that you hit them with your MD!! I know for a fact that these brain dead people see me coming a mile away too. If this only happened a few times i would just shrug it off but it has happened a lot. I have even had to say something to a few people because it royally pisses me off!

 

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[Dirt Fishin Dale]

I had a jogger run by so close he hit his head on my scoop. I had it over my shoulder. He kept going. So did I.

 

[zburt5]

Lol...no sense! Takes a hospital visit to wake some people up.

 

[Beach Hunter]

Have had some people come close to me, nothing too bad. I work the beach in Palm Beach County so I have to agree that there are some rude people out there. I just yell heads up, seems to help. GL/HH Beach Hunter

 

[Heyjak]

I hunt anywhere on the beach I want, wet; dry or in the water... I don't care how many people are on the beach, in fact the more there are the more chances of fresh drops...

American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......

S H

 

[Trent67]

I go on a little hiatus and this thread dies? LOL!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Its almost a year old thread......

 

[Trent67]

Its almost a year old thread......

Yeah....that's why....forget it.

 

[goldkey]

No......it's still alive and well. I have noticed the rudeness of these Florida walkers (and joggers) for the last 4 months. I thought it was funny when I came across this thread. I thought it was just me out there on the beach that they didn't care for. Walkers here will not move over. They have an attitude.....it's my beach and I'm not moving over for some guy with a metal detector! They will walk into you if you don't move. Several times I have almost hit them when they come from behind and walk into my swing. I have thought about getting some of that Cougar Scent cologne from the movie "Anchorman"! Let's see how close they want to get then! I am all about being considerate to others..............I expect the same and will say something if people are intentionally rude. I bet they voted for "you know who" also.........let's throw some stereotype in there!

 

[TheSleeper]

I have the solution for all this. Next time someone is being rude and walking directly towards you, just start growling and snarl at them a couple times.
They think your crazy and definitely give you a wide berth. You will never see people move away from you as fast again in your life.

Anyway it works for me

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

It's a cultural thing.
Most people are not aware of your comfort zone.
It happens all the time to me when I am walking at night.
As I an older, I walk slower than most and individuals will get into the blind spot behind me.

It actually is dangerous, as my reflex action is to swing around into them and raise whatever I am holding (usually a walking staff'for protection. Or pivot back with my elbow to fend them off/strike.

This has happened at least once every time I am at the beach. Is this just a South FloriDUH phenomenon? Okay here goes- i am walking down the beach swinging my MD. It is still early, the beach isn't crowded but you have the early morning joggers, walkers, and sea shell hunters. I am walking slow and swinging my MD from side to side, ya know how we do it , and a person will almost walk right into you! Or they walk so close that you hit them with your MD!! I know for a fact that these brain dead people see me coming a mile away too. If this only happened a few times i would just shrug it off but it has happened a lot. I have even had to say something to a few people because it royally pisses me off!

 

[Higgy]

Next time you go detecting, dress like this. You will never be bothered again.

 

[Higgy]

Then again, there is also the risk of a pickup truck full of rednecks stopping by just to stomp a mudhole in your arse.

 

[tokameel]

"... build a horn or caution lights for your forehead " and tell them that you a are wearing lead-lined shoes and underwear , and that you are trying to find some Lost radioactive material.

 

[ARC]

Just lay down flat in front of them...

Speed bump.

 

[rons1947]

I have had it happen to me several times over the years.People,who are not having a conversation,just walking, will almost walk in to me.I usually see them and move out of their path.I believe that many of these people are just dis-respectful,rude jerks who have no consideration for other people. I quietly call them names,under my breath.They are like the pea brains who can't resist making stupid beeping sounds at perfect strangers.Just my opinion.

 

[lookindown]

I have had it happen to me several times over the years.People,who are not having a conversation,just walking, will almost walk in to me.I usually see them and move out of their path.I believe that many of these people are just dis-respectful,rude jerks who have no consideration for other people. I quietly call them names,under my breath.They are like the pea brains who can't resist making stupid beeping sounds at perfect strangers.Just my opinion.

Yeah, some people act like we shouldn't be at the beach detecting...detectorist are the only people that strangers mess with...they don't say anything smart to anyone else but somehow feel its ok to mess with a guy detecting...like throwing pennies in front of you, saying I lost a rolex over there, etc...I learned to talk trash playing basketball for years, I leave some of the really rude ones standing there speechless after my comeback...we are misunderstood, they can relate to someone throwing a football or flying a kite but since they aren't familiar with detecting they are compelled to make a smart remark.

 

[Higgy]

detectorist are the only people that strangers mess with...they don't say anything smart to anyone else but somehow feel its ok to mess with a guy detecting.

Its weird like that, huh? Its acceptable that people can clip coupons and buy 20 tubes of toothpaste just so they can save a nickel, but its strange to them that someone may want to actually try to find something lost by someone else. People walk in front of moving vehicles because their faces are slammed into a small screen texting or tweeting or warbling or whatever, but its weird to them that we like finding stuff?

 

[sandmartin]

I have had it happen to me several times over the years.People,who are not having a conversation,just walking, will almost walk in to me.I usually see them and move out of their path.I believe that many of these people are just dis-respectful,rude jerks who have no consideration for other people. I quietly call them names,under my breath.They are like the pea brains who can't resist making stupid beeping sounds at perfect strangers.Just my opinion.

I know exactly what you mean, last summer I was using an electric cutter on my hedge, it's hardly whisper quiet, at the very last minute I stopped a guy walking into me and the cutter. what he was thinking lord knows.

 

[Jackalope]

Hmmm, hunted up and down Oahu beaches for many hundred of hours in the dark and the daylight, in the water, on the shore, and in the sand, on crowded beaches and near empty beaches, around joggers, tourists, drunk teens, bums, kids, onlookers, and...

I've never had anyone run into me, throw coins, insult, mock, harass, elbow, block me, step-on coils, or otherwise do anything but ask polite questions. The worst I can say is excited kids can get in the way ... but that is it.

I'm going to guess it may be because I look like a normal fit and healthy guy detecting in a professional manner, dressed in a casual but not unusual manner, behaving in a calm, knowledgeable, responsible, friendly way that doesn't attract negative attention.

Now, for arguments sake ... If I were covered in camo like a for-hire mercenary looking like an unshaven bum, looking like a freak-show, swinging a cheap detector wildly like I'm having a fit, displaying no tact or skill, staring wild-eyed in front of me ignoring everything and everyone else as if finding money (i.e., greed) was your sole motive, walking too fast as if you are in a hurry to go somewhere else or embarrassed to be there in the light, and just looking like a disheveled, out-of-shape (e.g., fat) freak with no self-respect or understanding of the hobby you are apparently not even enjoying (what's the big hurry?), searching like a greedy weirdo for what? Pennies. Of course some people will interpret your presence unfavorably, perhaps fearing you simply because you are too strange to be reconciled with anything near normal or respectable.

If you project a calm, intelligent, professional, knowledgeable disposition... people will trust that though they don't understand your hobby they respect how you present it to them. Act like a crazy fool and you're likely to receive negative feedback from irritated people. Most people are considerate of others, at least until they see you as a threat. Consider the image you present the next time someone "accidentally" bumps you, or throws coins in front of you, or mocks you under their breath.