I swear this honestly did happen

[Dryland]

Went out today for an hour , not much in the way of finds, a silver sixpence and a few pre decimal pennys. But
as I was detecting I was approached by two women,[ nothing strange in that  as I'm often stopped by people to ask if I've found anything. ] But one of the women asked me if I had found any MUSHROOMS as she had not seen many this year. I just answered NO and moved on. I honestly don't know if she thought I was detecting for mushrooms, or if it was just a question in general about the lack of mushrooms this year, or if she was just taking the P£$%$. Has anything like this happened to anyone else.

[Doug]

Yes, searching a field next to a residential home when a chap in his 80's asked me had I found anything, no I replied ony buttons, button mushrooms are nice this time of year he replied!!!

[Mike]

detecting on barry island beach one afternoon and was asked by an oriental lady  if I was looking for crabs 

I said none yet    and walked on my way thinking maybe she was makin me an offer 

[Bill from Lachine]

Folks,

I was detecting along a walking path and this lady stopped to talk to me asked what the machine was....answer metal detector......so have you found any worms??? Since when are worms metallic....lol...

Regards + HH

Bill

[Dryland]

 

[Mrs Steptoe]

 True- I was at a dinner party last night and the subject came to pastimes,hobbies etc and I proudly said that I was a metal detectorist.There was a lot of interest and I was asked about my best finds,where I went,types of machine etc.The usual questions.
   Then one lady pipes up 'How do you get the object out of the ground?' Silence around the table.'I dig a hole' was my reply.Nobody dares look at each other and tumble weed blows across the room while she tries to digest this information. 'What with?'  
   I was tempted to tell her a JCB,but she was the hostess after all and we had reached the coffee, brandy and After Eight stage by that time, so I made allowances.

[Dryland]

lol I'd have loved to have been a fly on that wall .

[Val Beechey]

Somehow I don't have any problem imagining that scene. 


Val

[Napoleon]

 ::)mine is on truffle mode and i reject magic mushroom

[keepmateethinajar]

  ..if asked on the beach say your looking for mines...they soon clear off...

[win]

A friend of mine was detecting. A woman came by on horseback, stopped and watched him for a while then asked 'Would you come and find the moles on my lawn ?'

[Dryland]

 

[nonker10]

i was once in a field put down my detector and started picking mushrooms while my friend could not figure out what i was doing.long live psylosibin.the naughty things.

[probono]

I've been accosted by all sorts of people whilst detecting.

Usually people shouting at me asking what am I doing and do I have permission (always, metaldetecting, and 'yes').

I had one person try to sell me over the air broadband, been driven at by a tractor.

But I also get some interested people who are genuinely interested in what I am finding (usually surprised when I say ring pulls).

One person who had worked for the BBC even asked me about there being a Welsh Time Team (but nothing has come of that).

[david995]

hi,  you mentioned nothing became of the  "welsh time team " , there was a full series of "welsh time "  ( not the time team guys )  a few weeks ago and some interesting digs and was presented by a very able guy on s4c