Harassed for the first time

[ckpage86]

So I started MDing about a month ago with my 10 year old son. We have fun. I was out solo today as he wasn't feeling it. I was at the park in the neighborhood I live in, not a public city park.

Always, a car pulls in and sits there while I was doing my thing. I paid them no mind. 20 minutes later a lady gets out of the car and walks up to me, "Hey, do you know what you're doing is illegal?!" (she had a very British accent which is weird in southern AZ), I tell her that it isn't, and that is I was in Tucson I WOULD need a permit for city parks, but this isn't a city park nor in Tucson and she continued telling me reasons (mostly made up) to support the fact that what I was doing was the absolute worst thing a person could be doing.

Anyway, our neighborhood has a FB group and she continues to tell me that someone posted me on the group and was saying I was digging up the park and to keep an eye out for the police, and she even said the people on the FB group are a bunch of babies who call people out for the silliest things. HERE IS THE KICKER: SHE was the one who called me out on the FB group. Instead of talking to me directly BEFORE she called me out on the internets, she decided to throw me under the bus and then tell me that I was in the wrong.

Usually I don't let stupid things get to me, but this is just tooooooooo dumb, and I am still very mad about the situation. Just needed to vent.

Carry on.

 

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[DannyB.]

Should of asked her if she likes country music?

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[vpnavy]

Don't let it bother you. Look at it this way - you are driving her crazy!

 

[Goldfleks]

It's mostly about aesthetics. If you can minimize the visible impact of your detecting through better pinpointing of your targets you'll get less harassment. I understand the sentiment, I got scolded for digging in the playground sand by a 5 year old earlier this week. Realistically most people really don't care. But the vocal minority is very vocal.

 

[Peyton Manning]

with people like that I just ask 'do you need a hug?"

 

[slick356]

I would have taking several pics of her with my iPhone and then told the local police she was harassing me 🤔

 

[rick67]

Facebook, OMG.

 

[rick67]

I would have taking several pics of her with my iPhone and then told the local police she was harassing me ��

and posted it on the Neighborhoods Face Book page.

 

[Dug]

I would have taking several pics of her with my iPhone and then told the local police she was propositioning me ��

There I fixed it for ya.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Must have got a bad batch of tea and crumpets. Keep on 'tectin.

 

[Peyton Manning]

if foreign accented people give me trouble I just say ' trump is going to take care of you'

 

[Loco-Digger]

She sounds like my wife, she has an opinion and she's gonna tell ya. People like her spell tact A T T A C K.

 

[DiamondDan]

Just get off Facebook, man. Let the women have their drama.

 

[ckpage86]

Man, I'd have responded to the Facebook post with a picture of all the garbage you've been pulling out, including the rusty nails, nasty aluminum shards, and then "Thank her" for giving you the opportunity on Facebook to publicly show that the Metal Detecting hobby helps the community. Tell folks in the neighborhood that if they ever lose a ring and would like a quick search to give you a ring.

That'll shut her up.

That's funny because that is exactly what I was going to do. Took pictures of all that garbage and was telling my wife about all the crap I've pulled from the playground. I cannot even count all the ripped up and managed soda cans buried under the mulch we have found so far. I also took pictures of my 3" plug before and after replacement on one target too. Was going to challenge the lady go find my holes, because I guarantee she can't.

I ended up not trying to get into a shitfest on Facebook. I posted pictures of some of the nasty spots already in the park where the landscaping is screwed up and said 'Metal detector guy here - Just wanted to let you know this wasn't me'. No one seems to want to talk about it after the accused posted. Whatever. I just ordered a new guitar, so I don't really care about that anymore, and have something much more interesting to turn my thought towards.

 

[ckpage86]

Just get off Facebook, man. Let the women have their drama.

I am on there as it is a page for our neighborhood. There have been some useful things on there in the past. I honestly wouldn't have even known she complained about me on there if she didn't tell me about it.

 

[smokeythecat]

Facebook? I don't go there. The world does not revolve around me. Some people, like your lady, just don't have a life.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

It's encounters/people like this, is the reason that 99% of my turf hunting is done at night nowadays. So peaceful. So serene. Let's face it: detecting in turf has "connotations" (that you might be about to leave a hole). Thus you can spend your whole life trying to appease and get everyone's approval ..... OR .... you can just do it when gripers aren't around. Some people might call that "sneaking around". Ok, fine then .... SNEAK AROUND.

 

[Truth]

I would educate her on what the first American coin, the Fugio, says.


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[Truth]

Facebook? I don't go there. The world does not revolve around me. Some people, like your lady, just don't have a life.

I got on Facebook about 8 years ago and it brings way too much drama. Deleted it 4 years ago. So peaceful


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[Keppy]

Yes i do not do Facebook or any of those sites all i use is a few treasure sites. And as for you tube i use it for information if i have to repair something i do not know much about . You tube helped me with plumbing , deck building and some auto repairs.. I will not even watch detecting on you tube.