An Open Letter to the Beach House Builder

[DigToChina]

Dear Beach House Builder,

At least I assume you are a Beach House Builder. I picture you coming down to this beautiful 2 mile long by 1/2 mile wide area of beach with your box of nails. I can see you getting here and realizing that maybe it was going to be problematic to build that house at the water front. I bet that a thunder storm with tornadoes whipped up unexpectedly and in your mad dash to get to safety, you accidentally spilled that box of nails over a huge area right in the middle. Boy! That must have sucked when you got back to your truck and realized that those awesome nails had spilled!

I picture all of this because the alternative is that you brought those nails down to the beach to spread over this area on purpose. An area that adults and children would likely expect they can run to and from the water without shoes. Indeed, a person would have had to fling these nails into the air like rice at a wedding to cover this area. How malicious would that be? But you’re not. Right??

So fear not Beach House Builder, because rather than moving to another part of the beach, I decided to spend a significant amount of time with my Medal Detector in that 75 ft x 50 ft area trying to collect as many of these awesome nails as I could for you before I gave up for the night. Please feel free to contact me so I can return these awesome nails and show you my true appreciation for the great Beach Houses that might have been (had you not lost your nails of course...).

Sincerely,

DigToChina

 

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[SeabeeRon]

I'm not actually suggesting it was someone in the construction industry. It's tongue in cheek and it's really the middle where I think the truth is. I think the Google image will show what I mean.

I've gotten used to finding nails that are usually in a concentrated area and I just chalk it up to people burning scraps on the beach but this was a large handful of nails spread over a large area. Each nail was identical and only about 1/2 inch into the sand.

Anyway, I had to try to find a creative way to vent. I was complaining to my wife but she got that glazed, far away look she seems to always get when I start talking about Metal Detecting...

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Sounds to me that some other hunter on that beach is being an *******!

 

[MNhunter08]

Being in the construction industry for close to 40 years I can tell you that what you found if from a construction project was dropped/spilled by a common laborer, a more experienced worker or builder knows the value of the materials needed to do a project and wouldn't leave those nails to go to waste not to mention the collateral damage to other equipment, namely the number of flat tires to trucks and other wheeled equipment needed on a construction site, or a visit to the emergency room to get a nail pulled out of a foot, albeit only about 1 lb of nails, costs add up over the duration of a project and even on a small scale waste and negligence can't be tolerated or you will lose money over the long run on a project.

Unfortunately common laborers don't care or think about the cost of wasted materials and or damage caused by their lack of concern, I can't count the number of tire repairs I have had from being on construction sites from dropped/spilled nails and screws left by common laborers that don't have to pay the bills for materials, repairs of equipment or injuries on a project.

Common laborers, common carpenters, and common foremen everybody drops stuff here and there give the common laborer a break.

 

[Tnmountains]

Who has not hit an area that had many nails dumped in it? You need a magnet.