This is stange.....really strange...lemme know what ya think.

[bean man]

I hate to say this, but the male ego creates a lot of chronic liars. Every chronic liar I have ever met, was male. The weird thing about these guys, they will lie even when they've had good accomplishments and don't need to. Man, these types can really insult your intelligence.

 

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[Haoleman]

Just remember that it is his stuff. Just move on.

Buddha

 

[tw656]

LOL that is a funny story. There are many mentally ill people that are able to function in their own stupid way. His hobby is screwing with people, because of is own mental weekness and yours is metal detecting. Your brother must have some other funny stories about this guy, please share!

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

That is one sad story. Your friend really has some issues there, but if you consider him a true friend you should not just 'dump him' as suggested earlier. You should discuss his behavior with him and tell him that it is not appreciated. A true friend ( such as yourself) would be up front with him and then play it by ear.

Everybody has annoying traits but they all have friends.

Only you can decide if this breach of integrity will cost you your friendship with this person.

Ray S

 

[gallileo60]

Im happy to find ANY cent...When I find Wheat, I dance.....Some of you guys finds blow me away.....My day will come for some good finds..I'll just keep on swinging as long as I have fun digging holes...

Sorry about your friend, but IF HE WAS YOUR FRIEND, FORGIVE HIM...He was just jelous, and trying hard to be one of the boys so you guys would like him more...Sad, but some people have a hard time with others....Now if he was not your friend, then just forget about him, cuz it does'nt matter.....Friends are hard thing to come by in this ol world...Tom

 

[TORPEDOX]

sounds like this guy is an attention hog. I have a "friend" like that. it's very annoying, no doubt.

I agree 100% I taught a "friend" how to gold pan, and within a few weeks, he's showing me "nuggets" he was "finding" from a place I've never found a nugget at.(lots of fine gold), but no nuggets. till one day his little girl(5 at the time) says "did you see the gold daddy bought?"
at first he tried to deny it was true, but then fessed up that the three times i took him with me, were the only times he ever went out panning.
he was always a "been there,,,done that,,,and always better than you type" so I told him I didn't hang out with liers. and we parted company. same thing later,,heard from another friend that he was telling people that I was just beeing jelous and petty because I didn't know how to gold mine as good as him............ I've got a few jars of "fines" that tell different.,,,,, and I didn't have to pay for mine,,,Besides GAS,,,EQUIPMENT,,,TIME,,,,and lots of LABOR.

 

[UnEarthed72]

Like you said...it shocked you to see how well he was doing,i bet for a minute there you and your brother were the butt of his jokes at work....or he could of done it for the need to belong to something,figuring if he buried a few goodies and went out with you guys and acted as if he found a spill of nice coins you and your brother would be envious..some people just have nothing better too do.
Payback is a b%#$!...if i were you i would pre bury something like and adult toy or some other rather embarrassing thing,invite him out for a hunt and point out that spot saying...try over there we got some spotty signals and couldn't lock on,but i bet that cibola will pinpoint the location great..and when he digs it up let him have it by cracking all kinds of jokes never letting him live it down.(a large silicone adult toy w/ a few nails placed strategically so it will read on his machine under the surface 2-3 inches)..... HAHAHA..that would be classic

 

[Kas]

This might not be the right way to go about it.

But, sorry dude but you ain't going with us anymore.

I'd rather see someone making an honest effort and digging up pull tabs than doing what that guy did.

HH by yourself

 

[re-tek]

sounds like the guy's a nut job! i say slowly work your way away from this guy and just let him drift off like a bad fart.

 

[MrsNWLouisiana]

I hope I don't get shunned or in trouble for asking this.... but it was the first thing that came to mind.
Is he a Democrat?

 

[re-tek]

probably was... if he was a republican he'd say theres oil in that there hole! lets take it over!

pffft!

 

[Kilika]

How sad!
Some have said "Dump the so-and-so", others have said "since he's your friend, tell him straight and give him another chance" (I'm paraphrasing). I guess it all depends on how much you value his 'friendship'. Does he have other irresistable qualities? Is he the life of the party? Have you been buddies since grade school? Any reason to waste your time and energy in a 'friendship' that's NOT based on mutual trust and respect?? IMO, it doesn't matter why he did it. It doesn't matter how low his self esteem is, or what's out of whack with his psyche that would motivate him to act that way, you just have to realize that once he's gone to such great lengths to deceive you just so he can have bragging rights to make himself look better... you just won't be able to trust a thing he says. So what's the point? You're the only one that can determine if you want to go down that road or not. (But please don't turn him on to T'net!)
And I wouldn't worry about 'giving up' on coaching him to be a better MD'er, cuz obviously, he just doesn't get it.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad. Good Luck!

 

[strike it rich]

strange but if I'am honest I can kinda see where's he's at. New guy on the block trying to impress. Do you think he wanted to get caught out it seems like a cry for help. Mind you i would have been upset myself why didnt he just tag along with you guys and learn that way.

 

[re-tek]

dont know about you guys but i've met a person or two that has a bad case of "one-upmanship". frankly its annoying...

bragging to your buddy about something you got thats better than his is kinda natural amongst guys, we sometimes mess with each other like that right? it's all clearly done in jest.

what this guy did though seems a little nutty.. being all deceitful and sneaky about it just kinda gives me the "runaway like mad" feeling.