You Know Youre Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

Kiros32 · Mar 15, 2006

You Know You're Truly Addicted to Treasure Hunting when...

This is a shameless bump of my own post from March 2006, but its been 2 years since I posted it and I have some more to add...ENJOY!!

1. You glance in the McDonald's donation boxes at the counter, hoping maybe to spot a Wheatie.
2. You look at EVERY coin you receive and jiggle your pocket at the end of the day, listening for the sounds of silver, just in case you had missed in during the day.
3. Not only are you willing, but look forward to battling snow, penetrating sun, poison ivy, and an occasional dog.
4. You refer to old coins as Wheaties, Barbies, Mercs, and Buffs.
5. You spot a crooked tree and swear it points to gold.
6. Finding several dollars in clad is actually unfulfilling.
7. Your weekend trip to the beach requires a sand scoop.

[glow=red,2,300]8. You own 15 different digging tools, but only use 1.
9. You "accidently" jam the Coinstar machine and ask the teller if you can have the contents of the trash tray. TRY IT, IT WORKS!!!
10. You have almost wrecked on numerous occasions because you spotted a foundation or old house.
11. Digging in your church clothes is necessary at times.
12. You meet the in-laws for the first time and immediately direct the conversation to questions about the history of their property...(haha, my girlfriend was pissed!!)
13. You stop on the way home at a dumpster outside of a house to check the contents.

FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE!!!!

I have actually done every one of these

brz · Mar 23, 2006

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detect when the ground is frozen then mark them so when it thaws you can dig them up. wait in your car at the spot you want to hunt until its light enough to actually see what you are digging. the only times that you don't mind that your finger tips are numb from the ice cold soil. You think that your detector is about the prettiest thing that you own,. you air test just for fun.

bk · Mar 23, 2006

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When part of your detecting gear includes a urine collection bag so you don't have to go running around looking for a gas station.

The Beep Goes On · Mar 23, 2006

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Kiros32 · Mar 23, 2006

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bk said:
When part of your detecting gear includes a urine collection bag so you don't have to go running around looking for a gas station.

Now that is some frightening dedication!!!

The Beep Goes On · Mar 24, 2006

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...when you stop to throw your quarters in the bucket on the tollway, spot quarters laying on the ground, get out, scoop up 5 quarters, get back in, but not soon enough so the barrier comes back down...the kids think you're insane...luckily the barrier raises again, and off you go. Actual story from last week... ::)

MAINE HILLS HUNTER · Mar 24, 2006

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when you buy a lamp to wear on your head so you can see the ID and depth on the detector at night, as well as what and where you are digging.

psgen · Mar 25, 2006

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You've started collecting pull tabs and pop tops in a five gallon bucket just to see how fast you can fill it up.

J.D. · Mar 25, 2006

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You tell your wife that you are going to walk the dog and find yourself at the park walking the detector

buckeyehunter · Mar 25, 2006

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with 6 plus inches of snow on the ground you lay coins all over the house and go "detecting" for them ( make it more realistic by throwing down some pull tabs, iron and a few relics)

curl up with your detector on the couch on a cold night to watch a movie

take your pinpointer to family gatherings, whip it out on everyone and check there pockets, insist you see what they have.

go through friends and family memebers vehicles to see if they have any "good" change in them.

you fall asleep every night with your detector's owner manual, you have read it 20 times.

before metal detecting you wouldnt pick a penny up off the ground for anything, now you will dig one up at a foot under roots and rocks in 100 degree weather

man, we are a sick bunch!

grizzly bare · Mar 25, 2006

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Mike,
I called my Lady Friend and read the "lay coins all over house and detect" and she yelled, "My God, other people do that too? You're all crazy!"
Thank you for showing me that I don't really need a self-help group. (Is that an oxymoron?)

grizzly bare

grizzly bare · Mar 25, 2006

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Not addicted to treasure hunting, but to TreasureNet.

I was telling my friend a really cool joke and in the middle of the punchline she stopped me by yelling, "You got that from stoney56!" (actually happened!)

grizzly bare

buckeyehunter · Mar 27, 2006

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hey grizzly bear! I was afraid to admit that one since I hadnt seen it yet... I am just as glad as you are to know someone else does it!

Kentucky Kache · Mar 27, 2006

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I'm driving along and spot an old, abandoned brick structure in the middle of a field.
My mouth bigins to water. You would think I was looking at Michelle Pfeiffer in the nude.
Yep, I'm a goner.

rvbvetter · Mar 28, 2006

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mmmmmmm............Michele Pfeiffer

I'm like Homer Simpson when he thinks of donuts. HH

grizzly bare · Mar 28, 2006

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I bought the "Grease Two" video just to watch Michele Pfeiffer! Drool. salivate, act like an idiot. Boy , if they would make a movie with her and Charisma Carpenter, I'd quit detecting for 48 hours!

grizzly bare

northeast hunter · Mar 28, 2006

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When you start looking at a womens neckless rather than there cleavage

You give your detector a bath more than you do yourself

When you start buying batteries by the case instead of by the dozen

When you take your wife's AA batteries out of her night time toys to put in your pin pointer

Your number one subscription is too western & eastern treasure instead of penthouse

lucky1777 · Mar 29, 2006

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When your wife meets you at the door in her teddy and you tell her that your hunting partner is in the car and you have to go. (Shes still mad about that one.)

Glenns5900 · Mar 31, 2006

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You get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and logon here before going back to bed to see if anyone posted anything new.

rvbvetter · Apr 1, 2006

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......the wife tells you it's either her or the detector, and a week later you're eating TV dinners and doing research on your next detecting site.

....the wife says there's sand drifts in the bed from your detector.

....your wife says, the least you could do is warm your detector before bringing it to bed. HH

diggit 65 · Apr 16, 2006

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ok lets just say that I have all those symptoms is there help out there ?
Oh never mind I've got to go I saw a new spot while I was driving today so I'm going to strap on my head lamp and go

and I still have to pack up the extra detector and batteries for backup just in case the other one might quit in the midle of my hunt