Double Standards Of Kids And Strangers

[piggman1]

It just amazes me the double standard parents have when it comes to strangers and their kids. I can be hunting a park or tot lot and have most of the kids following me around while their parents just sit back and don't pay that much attention to their kids following me around. I'm talking little kids with plastic shovels and all. The parents don't seem the least bit concerned about me talking to them, or giving them pennies that I find. If you were to do yhat anywhere else all kinds of trouble could follow. That is why I avoid places that have a lot of kids, there will always be one exception to the rule one day, and I don't need the trouble. I guess we just look harmless, you got me.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Absolutely.

When Most Parents see us, They know why we're there.

We're not hanging around the Kids,
they are Hanging around us.

Change the Detector to a Camera. (Digital, 35MM or
Video) and start taking pics of the kids. It would be a whole Different
Situation.

 

[skydiv]

as far as kids on the playground I will drive buy, I mean if they are on the woodchips. If their busy on the soccer field or elsewhere I will do a quick check. if they come while i'm there well, i was there first. as far as parents letting the kids follow us around I think it's because they are there to watch the kids. It's a shame that everyone is labeled a pedifile because of a few, It's a shame all priests are labeled child molesters because of a few. probably about 95% of us are not. I seems like it happens all the time when the news builds it up. Its been aroun since the beginning of time, several years ago we did't know it happened unless it happened in our area.

 

[BIG61AL]

I just keep walking until they give up or just go to another park. Having kids around ya is ok but all it takes is one nut case mom to blow up in your face for something their kid did to themselves.

It just ain't worth it.

 

[bowser]

i posted this in another forum, while in a tot lot with my two grandchildren detecting with me ,a little boy wondered over, in a matter of seconds his mother shreiked at him .get away from that man he may be a kidnapper. earlier in the year while standing in front of the swing another woman came behind me and proceded to put her child on the swing , pushing me forward and i nearly fell, do too the fact she was pregnant i didnt scream at her, but i did make my feelings known in a verystrong manner without profanity, i usually tell anyone that gives me any guff its not just for kids, im gonna swing on the swings too

 

[piggman1]

I too have had some rude mothers give me hard time, not very often, but it has happened. I carry in my pouch a couple of 22 shells, some rusty razor blades, and some wicked looking pieces of scrap. Usually after explaining to them that these items were found in tot lots where their kids play, their whole attitude changes. This technique has worked in more places than tot lots. Sometimes a little white lie can make all the difference in how they veiw you looking around. I just can't believe the trust they put in us with their kids where anywhere else it would be unthought of. The main reason I try to stay away from all the kids is it only takes one to make up some story, and off to jail you go. All because they were not one of the ones to get a penny. These days and times, the kids word is all it takes, and I don't need the problem.

 

[re-tek]

i just avoid the playgrounds when theres too many kids.

 

[captain Jack]

I avoid them if others are there first as well. On the other hand, I have to admit, I thnk it's good that they let the kids tag along. They have to know that not EVERYONE is someone to be afraid of, and the only way to be able to tell the difference is through learning and experience. And what better way to learn than when mom is right there to protect you?

You can't tell the kids that everyone is a "bad stranger".

anyways, kids have a good instinct about who is ok and who isn't.

Just my 2 cents. besides, what kid would be afraid of a guy that goes by piggy??

 

[piggman1]

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind if there are one or two that tag along. I love to mystify them by telling them what I am going to dig up once I find a target. They think it is magic or something when I tell them it is a penny, dime, or quarter, and then pop one out of the ground. The amazement on their faces is priceless. After a time or two of doing this, I find a target that is deep and I know I don't want to dig it, so I tell them there is something down there and that keeps them off of me because they are busy digging to find the one I found for them. Then you have them coming back to ask you to come check their hole. My response is that it is a big object that they can't miss when they find it, and they go back to digging, usually a hotwheels or other toy that is buried deep. It's when a bunch of kids that come around that make me nervous and I leave. It's really neat when the mothers get involved too, but that is very seldom. Like I said earlier, with the way things have changed and the laws completely on the kids side, I generally try to avoid those circumstances. I wish it were different because I would love to show all the kids the world of metal detecting, but my paranoia won't allow me.

 

[captain Jack]

oh I hear ya...as a man now a days, you're presumed guilty. I don't care what anyone says. And then even when PROVED to be innocent, everyone says "oh that bastard got away with it." I don't blame ya one bit piggy!