Why is it that some people just never say Hello.

[gold-digger]

Have you ever crossed path with another MDer?? Sure you have. We all have, some wheres.

Its kind of peeve to me.

If another MDer is passing you by, would it you kill to say "hello".
I hate it when: You give a wave or say hi, and you get no acknowledgement or that look (OH, not another person to take away my treasure). We're all enjoying the same hobby.

 

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[Jeffro]

The minute I see another detectorist, I'm making a beeline, LOL! I also make it a point to talk to anyone who approaches me with almost any asinine question, too. Especially if they're older. Never know what'll come out.

"Have you ever hunted where they USED to hold the fair?......."


(GULP)........ "Ummmm, no, I sure haven't... but please do tell!"

 

[mumszie]

Boy, I have to agree with you on this one. I "heard" that most MD'ers are friendly people and up here that seems to be true but out in the real world I've found the opposite to be true. They seem NOT to want to talk to you. Only one time have I met another MD'er and he was very friendly. It's not like I want to talk to them for several hours. Just a wave and hh will do just fine!

 

[stoney56]

Most of 'em here are friendly and willing to take a short break although I've ran across a couple that seem to just keep swingin' away trying to break that $2.50 @ hr. LOL

 

[dfx_maui]

Don't let those people bother you. If they can't say "hello" just think maybe they are having a bad day or their dog died or something. Then when you find that old coin or piece of jewelry and the are in earshot away, yell out "Look what I found!" hehehe! J/K.

 

[tedpank]

Especially if your just about done for the day! ... dig your last hole! Yell "OH MY GOD"
and then run back to your car and take off!

 

[muddyknees]

Every mder on the beaches where I live seems very friendly of course this the south and who knows might lead to a new bbq. eating joint ha.
muddyknees

 

[metalman]

I always say hello or a wave at the beach and rarely get a reply some rude people up here in new york. yesterday while in the waters edge one guy (who people call frenchy) jumps in front of me with an excalibur and starts walking 5 feet in front of me. machines were going nuts. so i just stood there until he got the message and walked further ahead. not even a half hour later two guys come down from the dry sand together I wave hello they just looked at me as if i was crazy. one had a headhunter the other an excalibur they cut in front of me within 5 ft, again my excalibur is going nuts now that was rude so i cut in front of them and continued hunting. let me add, this is a very big beach at least 3-4 miles long. plenty of room for everyone to detect. but over the years I realized people who wave and say hello and talk a bit usually belong to a M/D club not always but most of the time. what do you think? post your thoughts!

 

[Monty]

Until just recently I rarely ran into another detectorist when I was out because during hot weather I go out at daylight and get back home by 9:00AM. For quite some time I had one huge area all to myself and word musta' got out 'cause now I see 3 or 4 people detecting the area about the time I am leaving. One of them always comes by and chats just for a minute and he is on his way. Another one I call "The Lurker". He never waves or speaks but stays just within eyesight and spends more time watching me than he does hunting. Then there is the "Tailgaters", a couple of guys who come onto the very same site or lot I am hunting on and try to get ahead of me by cutting angles to my line of movement, trying to get ahead of me. They grin and wave as they go by. I fixed them one morning. They have the same kind of detectors and I discovered they operate on one of the frequencies on my GTI 2500. So, I stayed on their frequency, cranked up the sensitivity all the way and watched them digging false signals for about 20 minutes, and/or staring at their machine quizically and turning knobs trying to clear their signals, pulling their headphones on and off and generally looking silly . Monty

 

[Monty]

Until just recently I rarely ran into another detectorist when I was out because during hot weather I go out at daylight and get back home by 9:00AM. For quite some time I had one huge area all to myself and word musta' got out 'cause now I see 3 or 4 people detecting the area about the time I am leaving. One of them always comes by and chats just for a minute and he is on his way. Another one I call "The Lurker". He never waves or speaks but stays just within eyesight and spends more time watching me than he does hunting. Then there is the "Tailgaters", a couple of guys who come onto the very same site or lot I am hunting on and try to get ahead of me by cutting angles to my line of movement, trying to get ahead of me. They grin and wave as they go by. I fixed them one morning. They have the same kind of detectors and I discovered they operate on one of the frequencies on my GTI 2500. So, I stayed on their frequency, cranked up the sensitivity all the way and watched them digging false signals for about 20 minutes, and/or staring at their machine quizically and turning knobs trying to clear their signals, pulling their headphones on and off and generally looking silly . Monty

 

[stoney56]

ROFL. Monty, that's one way of fragging them. Another is waiting till they're not looking and throwing a handful of mem's ahead of them, mining the field per se.

 

[whitesid]

i kinda agree with the person who keeps walking because it gets anoying after the 1000th person ask you what you find

 

[UnknownBounty]

Haha, yes, i find the rednecks get so much amusement out of making robot noises when they walk by you. They hear the detector go off and immitate it. Now i carry a gold plated spanish gold coin. (replica). "Hey, what'cha finding? oh you know, the usual, some pop cans, nails, and this gold coin, another for the stack! than flash that coin the the other detectorist when fleeing to your car, he won't leave until the next morning!

 

[rjnail]

" Hello" All, yes i always go up to others hunting, and say hi, some just say hi n keep going , other talk ur ear off,

 

[gold-digger]

Metalman, That would tick me off too. Stoney has a good point...Through some penny's out and mine the field.

PS. Where do you hunt. Formally from Valley Stream, I would love to hit Atlantic Bch to Point Lookout, but there must be dozens of people already out on those places already.

 

[Cubfan64]

Well, on my part it's just a matter of personality I guess. I'm an introvert and to tell you the truth, one of the things I like about this hobby is the ability to "get away from everything else" so to speak for awhile during the day.

Don't get me wrong, I hunt beaches fairly often and I always smile and wave or nod as I make eye contact with any other detectorists, and if one of them approached me to chat, I would probably welcome a short break and enjoy talking (you never know what kind of info. you might be able to share). That said, I rarely if ever go out of my way to approach another detectorist while they're hunting - it's just not in my personality I guess.

 

[Monty]

If I see another detectorist minding his own business and not paying particular attention to me I suspect he had rather be left alone so I don't bother him/her. Seeding the area with pennies is not a bad idea, but I think even better would be to save up all my old rusty nails that I get false halo signals on and just bury them with my foot as I go along. Bong, bong, bong, bong, ding , ding, ding, %^%$#@%^&*&!! another &^%$#^%& rusty nail! No, I wouldn't do that I get so tired of finding surface or shallow pennies I suspect someone else is doing it to me and even some people at the parks will see you and toss things out just to watch it mess you up. Monty

 

[Foilman]

A lot of people are never friendly ever. I think that to not offer a wave or Hello is ridiculous. One guy walked around erratically with a mean look on his face and nearly knocked me over.On the flip, people seem to love to interupt you when you are trying to get serious and I often don't want to BS or I will waste valueable time since I try to hit it after the people leave. People wont leave the beach sometimes till it is already dark! I had a nice chat with an elderly woman that belongs to 2 clubs, the other day. To sum up it is like any other group of people. There are all kinds.

 

[Monty]

I was in a park recently and was discovered by the Village Idiot. All small towns have one. They're usually harmless but about a brick shy of a load. Anyway he is following me around in this park, he and I the only ones within a mile and he is asking such stupid questions it's driving me crazy. Things like can I find a worm with that detector? What's the biggest thing I ever found, can I talk to anyone through that box, does it get hot when it buzzes, would a dead bird mess it up, can I find things up in the air, you know, really intelligent questions, and on and on and on..........I tried ignoring him, but he kept getting in front of me....can you hear me with those head phones on, oh yeah, what did I just say?!!!! So, I put my arm around his shoulders and began whispering and peering around like I didn't want anyone else to hear.....I'm not supposed to tell you this but I am working for the Drug Enforcement Agency and there is a case full of hundred dollar bills hidden in this park somwehere. It may be in one of those trash cans over there ( about 12 of them) and there's a million dollar reward! Ssssshhhhhhh, don't let anyone else know. When I left about an hour later he was on trash can #4, taking all the trash and garbage out , sifting through it and carefully placing it back into the barrell! Next time I ran into him he wouldn't even look at me and went huffing on by on his bicycle. My wife said it was cruel, but gosh darn, what can you do? Monty

 

[Foilman]

At least he can't get hurt by a detector. Ours always ruled the woods and would stalk the hunters. He would ask "did you get any pheasants? How about rabbits?" Then he would pop up every 20 or 30 minutes. It was kind of dangerous! Then he would come into the liquor store I worked at and tie up the counter. Take about 5-10 minutes fumbling with his money.Then he would stare at the snacks for a while. He would ask. Are these fresh? The owner would say, Yeah they came in yesterday! He would say "oh, then I don't want any! and leave. Just about every day he did this. 1 in 50 times he would buy something. I thank God I wasn't made that way and do my best to cope with less fortunate people! Maybe Monty was wrong to have him dig through the trash but a harmless diversion sometimes works. Some of these people aren't fortunate to have proper attention or supervision. So Sad.