almost bitten

Kut2TheChase

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So I look on an old map and find out there used to be a train station from the 1800's, closed in 1946, in the town I grew up in that I remember as a small triangle patch of trees and overgrowth. Great! A place to detect.
So I get there and right away, my battery is dead so I decide to just check out the site visually and there's a couple of badly worn and corroded pennies just on the surface by the biggest oaks. I go alittle farther into the wooded area and Im digging around an old tree and I hear a russle in the bushes on my right and what do I see?
A PitBull coming right at me! :o Talk about going from 0 to 90 in .23 seconds! I jump up with my new shiny, sharp digger and take off around the tree and those nature channels sure help 'cause I remembered that if I run, the dog will see me as fleeing prey and chase, so I stop dead and turn around to face this beast with digger in hand and tell it, "I WILL stab you with this"!
The dog stops short and it's a classic stand off in the middle of a huge city, in a small wooded patch all of 30 feet, noone can see me, just me, the pit and nature and Im thinking "this is it", of all the places, Im going to get into a fight to the death in the neighborhood park. I am shaking and we are looking at each other eye to eye. Im trying my best not to look scared and I hear off in the distance.."Jamie!, bad dog, where are you?"
THANK GOD the dogs ears perked back and he seemed to come to his senses and realized he was doing something wrong. He sniffed the ground and walk a circle around me and ran off!
Shaken, I popped outta the woods and left with a few pennies, a plastic button and all of my body parts intact.
This hobby can sure be an adventure. I think Im going to look into some kind of dog repellent or pepperspray the next time I go into any woods after some treasure.
 

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I had a dog run up behind me and take a bite but lucky for me it was cold at the time and I had on winter gear. It was a bit scary at the time.
 

Funny story Kut!
I think pitbull dogs should be banned.
They are very dangerous....

Keep safe...
 

Ever seen those small cans of wasp and hornet spray that shoot a stream for 30 feet? Well that is what my grandmother always carried on her walks. It WILL stop a raging pit bull. YES it is very damaging, but so are the vice-like jaws of a primitive pit bull. If you feel bad about blinding a worthless dog while protecting yourself then finish it off with your spade while it is blindly rubbing its face on the ground. While your adrenaline is still pumping look around for the real guilty party, the irresponsible owner. Maybe they will threaten you from 30' away as well and you can further make the world a better place to live. Then look forward to a satisfying sleep that night knowing that you made a difference. ;)
 

That reminds me of a story that happened about 25 years ago. I was hunting on a friend of mine property. it was in the spring but still a little cool in the mornings. I was with my friend Johnny hunting for Civil War relics. we took the whole week off because we found a super site that were giving up a lot of buckles and bullets buttons. mix of Union and Conf. real near a battlefield. just before we put our headphones on,Johnny looked at me in a funny kind of way and said"think we need to worry about snakes? " I said" come on John. it's to early in the season for that and way to cool". as I took a step around and put my head phone on, I heard the biggest scream. Johnny started running and left his detecter on the ground. I looked down and I had stepped on a black snake .it wrapped around my right leg.I fell to the ground kicking my leg to get the snake off and screaming like a little girl. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. took about 2 hours to get over that. I don't think Johnny ever got over it. we still laugh about that to this day! ;D....Doug
 

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I was detecting a soccer field at night last week. While kneeling on the ground digging a target I sensed a presence. When I looked up there were two huge dear about 10 ft away.
My brain didn't even have time to process what I was seeing before they casually walked away into the nearby woods.

You would think parks and schools are devoid of such creatures. I keep my eye out for the two legged night life. Those can be the most dangerous!


Ridley
 

. . . so I stop dead and turn around to face this beast with digger in hand and tell it, "I WILL stab you with this"!

Glad it worked out for you, but a simple "NO!" in as loud a deep voice as you can muster will generally work unless the dog is attack trained or flipped out (hunger, rabies, etc).

EVERY domestic dog remembers that short and distinctive word from puppyhood.
 

Wow!

Please note that a Lesche digging tool used as a defense mechanism is very appropriate for such an occasion.


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(1) Step one: Withdraw tool from holster.
(2) Step two: Maneuver tool between subject and pitbull.
(3) Step three: Administer verbal warning to pitbull (if time permits)
(4) Step four: Thrust edge of tool at neck area of pitbull while keeping other body parts away from jaws (if possible)
(5) Step five: Use digging tool to bury carcass.
(6) Step six: Notify owner (optional)
(7) Step seven: Soiled Clothes: Machine wash warm (colors) or hot (white) with the laundry detergent of choice. Tumble dry.

Order of steps are vital to your success. Practice until you demonstrate good form...




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HH from M2
 

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I was detecting last summer. My T-Shirt had pulled out of may pants as I was digging a deep, but good target. Just as I see the coin (1904 Indian Head) I felt a cold nose on my Lower exposed Back!? . I jumped and spun for all I was worth only to find a friendly Collie waging her tail. It took quite a few minutes for my breathing and pulse to return to near normal. She accompanied me the rest of the day. Nice dog, but I wish She would have introduced herself differently.

Ed D.
 

Join the club, dude. I too have looked into the eyes of a pit bull at close range, and you will never forget it. I am not saying that all pit bulls are mean and nasty, but there is no fear in their eyes. Scary experience.
 

Pit bulls should never be of a leash I think you have had a lucky escape :-\
 

Quantrill33 said:
They say to not make eye contact with a potentially aggressive dog because they perceive a returned stare as a threat.

Q
If you look away you are admitting to the dog that it is in control. F-that. You should have given the dog owner a stern command or two. I don't carry a gun, but I do keep a smith and wesson knife at my side. And I can get it off my pocket and blade out very fast. Never encountered a dog while MDing, but I have it out and in hand if I go into an old abandoned house. There could be bad animals OR people in the house. And the knife doesn't need a permit of 7-day cooling period.
 

WOW, i am amazed at everyone's dislike for the pitbull, i have personally never ownded oned but have some friends that do and even my brother and i can tell you they can be some of the sweetest nicest dogs you ever met, my brothers dog wouldnt bite you if you came into his house unannounced, worse guard dog you ever met but loves everyone, i honestly dont think she would bit someone if her life depended on it,she will even let kids RIDE her! never met a kinder dog, my one friend who has two, they can be protective of his yard but if he lets you in they are gentle as can be but how many dogs do you know that arent protective of there property??? another friend has rotweillers, has ALWAYS had rotweillers and I have never even seen them bark, i have only known the last two but he said he had never had a mean one. know a farmer with 2 pitbulls, nicest dogs you ever met...they get there bad names from BAD owners in most cases, i am not saying some of them cant be just bad dogs with bad blood but in most cases it is the OWNER, there are bad and aggresive dogs in EVERY breed.

Not giving anyone a hard time but before you go and think about KILLING a pitbull I hope you know it is aggressive
 

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RW said:
Ever seen those small cans of wasp and hornet spray that shoot a stream for 30 feet? Well that is what my grandmother always carried on her walks. It WILL stop a raging pit bull. YES it is very damaging, but so are the vice-like jaws of a primitive pit bull. If you feel bad about blinding a worthless dog while protecting yourself then finish it off with your spade while it is blindly rubbing its face on the ground. While your adrenaline is still pumping look around for the real guilty party, the irresponsible owner. Maybe they will threaten you from 30' away as well and you can further make the world a better place to live. Then look forward to a satisfying sleep that night knowing that you made a difference. ;)

I so totally agree with everything you said.

I'd try the wasp spray because the dog spray is rather wimpy. Get the right kind, though, the dielectric stuff with the thick oil that shoots 20 feet.

http://www.interstateproducts.com/wasp_killer.htm Maybe something like this stuff, for example.
 

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