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« on: October 18, 2009, 04:56:58 PM »
LEAD IS A POISON,IT CAN KILL. Shocked

Lead that you find when detecting may have & probably has been in the ground for centuries,it will have a whitish coating,This coating of lead is `VERY TOXIC`,keep your fingers away from your mouth if you handle it.Be sure to wash your hands before touching food!.

Just a little warning for any newbie who is unaware of the danger.  Wink
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 08:56:05 PM »
Good post Stig, Very easy to overlook the obvious and not put two and two together.
I had lead poisoning when i was kid (putting airgun pellets in my mouth between shots) not clever, made me very ill indeed.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 09:13:32 PM »
Apparently the white coating is possibly carcinogenic, so I am told.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 09:49:37 PM »
did anyone see treasure quest.finding old lead the older the better no gamma or something like that.
its then called apha lead.worth thousands of pounds on comparison to silver.used in the electronic industry. 
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 10:31:03 PM »
Will use gloves from now on! I did have a habit of licking my finger and then rubbing the dirt off the find but no more!!

The post about lead poisoning due to putting pellets in the mouth got me thinking...I used to use my teeth to close the little round weights around my fishing line good job I didn't go fishing that often.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 05:53:39 AM »
Great tip stig, thanks, I will be alot more careful from now on ! Wink
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 02:02:00 PM »
Great advice Stig, as a newbie i was unaware that lead could be  so dangerous... Wink
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 02:25:13 PM »
Good advice Stig - even to the 'not so' newbies.  I didn't realise that even relatively small doses of lead were dangerous - I was thinking more along the lines of many years of constant exposure.  I will certainly be more careful in future.
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