So, have you ever broken your "Be Silent Rule" on a find?

[dirtlooter]

I normally keep all good finds "under wrap" so to speak as I don't want to attract any attention to what I have just found. In some places you can be inviting problems but for the most part, I don't hunt is places like that. I am usually digging "trash" to most of those that I end up talking to while detecting. I pull out what little clad that I have dug and make a point to show them the much bigger pile of pull tabs, foil, rusty nails etc. However, some of my digging is in quieter places with a lot fewer people and I have been known to sit up, give a short whistle to catch my wife's attention and then give one of several signs with my hand or hands to tell her that I have found something good. But over all, I am very discreet with my finds. This last year had a lot of very good finds, many that I had hoped for for a long time but really didn't figure would happen. You know how it is, super good signal and your first thought it silver dollar or fifty cent piece but it was always junk of some sort. I once had the roundness and size of something that almost looked silver at first and possible a large coin. It even had a bust but it turned out to be a heads you win, tails you lose token. So, when I was staring down at what appeared to be a Walker 50 cent piece and it finally sunk in that it was very much real, I quietly said "HOLY CRAP!". Well, I thought it was quietly but my dear little wife tells another story, one of being able to hear me at over fifty yards away. In fact, as I wiped it clean of the dirt to search for the date, she had already appeared beside me and was breathing down my neck to see what I had found. She told me that when she heard me say that, that she knew that it had to be something really good. the good thing was that there was no one else in the area. Most of the time, I do a silver or gold dance in my head and quietly look around to make sure that no one noticed my subdued excitement. For some of you, this is old hat but I'm sure that there is something that would really get you excited, be it coin, jewelry or relic.

 

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[BigWaveDave]

Every time I find a silver, I look around to make sure no one is looking,..... and I break out the head bob heavy metal move.... it kinda looks like this:

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Sure I have...totally by accident, sometimes you just can't help it, especially when you're in your first year or so of detecting and you simply can't help but scream when you pull something nice and unexpected. Nowadays, not so much...I can hold my excitement somewhat, but I'm sure if I pulled a Seated or another bucket-lister, I'd probably whoop it up and draw some unwanted attention. Ddf.

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

Every time I find a silver, I look around to make sure no one is looking,.....

I do the same; I look around to see who I am going to have to fight to get to keep a good target. Over the years, I have learned to be more discrete in how I look around as it was obvious early when I found something good.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I go by no rules!!

when I found the gold ring last year I did look around before I tried reading the markings

 

[sandchip]

I guess any time we take an insitu picture, we're likely to give ourselves away. I can't remember ever taking a picture of a nail, pull tab, can... I don't normally take pictures although I guess I should. I usually keep it pretty damn quiet, slip it in the apron and keep swinging.

 

[Ogre1190]

Mum's the word...and has been since I started in '82. 🙊

 

[Tom_in_CA]

If I'm md'ing with a buddy, the competition and ribbing is usually stiff. So if I find a good coin, ... the FIRST thing I'm going to do is make sure my buddy knows it. haha After all: Show & tell (bragging rights trophies) is part of the fun of the hobby. I mean, have you ever heard of a golfer, who hits a hole in one, that doesn't make sure his golfing buddies know it ? or a snow skier who finally achieves a triple somersault who won't relish it more if his buddies were there to see it happen ?

But to tell random passerby strangers. Nah.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Most of the time I have been hunting alone so on a vacant permission I do break out into my happy dance. All other sites, I get a great big smile as I am shouting in my mind "HOLY CRAP" and a few other choice words/sayings. I keep it on the down low when at an occupied permission or other public lands.

 

[dirtlooter]

If I'm md'ing with a buddy, the competition and ribbing is usually stiff. So if I find a good coin, ... the FIRST thing I'm going to do is make sure my buddy knows it. haha After all: Show & tell (bragging rights trophies) is part of the fun of the hobby. I mean, have you ever heard of a golfer, who hits a hole in one, that doesn't make sure his golfing buddies know it ? or a snow skier who finally achieves a triple somersault who won't relish it more if his buddies were there to see it happen ?

But to tell random passerby strangers. Nah.

my wife and I are very competitive as well and will tease each other with ring signals on anything ring shaped or even cheap kid's rings. But even then we are pretty quiet about it but when we pull out the phone for a pic, then the other one has to come see for sure. Sometimes I carry a junker bling ring to show someone when they ask if I find any jewelry, they usually laugh and go on. I am surprised by how many people have metal detectors and some of them very good ones but they got tired of digging trash. So I have no desire to encourage them to hunt my spots. Now, I will help someone that is trying to learn but even then I have learned to be careful. I apply the same rule to fishing LOL.

 

[cactusman]

I keep quiet -- always have. Just like when I pulled out a chunky 14K gold ring and a guy walking by asked if I was finding anything, and I just said, "Pull tabs, bottle caps and a few pennies. But at least it's good exercise."

I have made at least one exception of course... A few years ago when my dad was still able to detect fairly regularly I gave him a call on the phone, as my first target at an area he suggested was a ring, and I asked him to come out. When he got there I showed him the ring and the handful (or two) of coins I had already found he was happy, then proceeded to the center of an old football field (with me thinking why is he hunting there?) where he promptly found a silver dollar. Needless to say I was happy for him, as that was his first ever silver dollar, and he's hunted since 1977-78, and I learned something -- check the center of the field for lost game coins...

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

cactusman, there is an old sports tradition that involved burying coins 'for luck' on a team's home field. sometimes, a rival would sneak onto an opposing school's field and bury a coin too. that's one of the first places I look when at a new field cause they usually bury something good. football end zones are also good to check.

the latest well known example of this was the salt lake city 2002 winter Olympics a few years back where the Canadian hockey team surreptitiously buried a loonie at center ice.
https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_turnPointTeamCanOG02.shtml

 

[pepperj]

cactusman, there is an old sports tradition that involved burying coins 'for luck' on a team's home field. sometimes, a rival would sneak onto an opposing school's field and bury a coin too. that's one of the first places I look when at a new field cause they usually bury something good. football end zones are also good to check.

the latest well known example of this was the salt lake city 2002 winter Olympics a few years back where the Canadian hockey team surreptitiously buried a loonie at center ice.
https://www.hhof.com/htmlSpotlight/spot_turnPointTeamCanOG02.shtml

Yup it worked out well for the men and women.

 

[sawmill man]

Yes, i break the be silent rule every time i get that good signal and its a fruitjar lid

 

[lookindown]

I beach hunt and I show any and everybody that asks what I found...part of the fun for me...I talk to people all day long and show them my gold and silver if Ive found any.

 

[sprailroad]

In parks etc. I'm often asked "Finding anything good?" or "Find my gold ring?", well.....I carry a small bucket for all the trash, always willing to show that of course, and all the clad coins etc. go into the coin pouch, BUT, anything really good, well....I DO have other pockets that THEY go into. Most often when asked, I'll answer "Pennies and pull-tabs", and lots of trash. Now, if detecting with a friend, of course I'll show it, part of the enjoyment.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Nope, I never disclose. I have even passed up taking pics or video of some finds if there are people around. Regardless of what I am finding, anytime someone asks I always give the same answer "Nothing good so far today, Maybe the next target will be the one"

 

[against the wind]

While on my way back to my motorcycle, after a day of hunting in chest deep water, I often get asked by beach goers if I had any luck?
My standard response is, "I think I'm going to take up Golf"

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

While on my way back to my motorcycle, after a day of hunting in chest deep water, I often get asked by beach goers if I had any luck?
My standard response is, "I think I'm going to take up Golf"

Not to stray off topic or anything (we can start a new thread if you want), but could explain or show how you transport your detector and scoop/gear on your motorcycle?

 

[faribo]

I keep it real quiet. This past summer when I found a huge chain (almost a lb) that I thought was silver, I looked around and took it right to the truck and grabbed a drink of water so all could see the water. Turned out to be stainless, but for a few minutes.......

When I go out rock hounding and find something spectacular, I keep my beak tightly closed too. The huge chunk of gem silica went into hiding right away. No one knew I had it.