Here's maybe a crazy question, especially to all the old timers like me who've scanned the ground while detecting......

[Mark ( ohio )]

do you still make it a habit to keep your head facing to the ground even while in the grocery store parking lot, or school parking lot or home depot etc., etc. etc..... I can't tell you how many quarters, dimes and even a few dollar bills I've picked up floating around and lying on the ground that others just don't see, to lazy, or just don't care. I guess old habits die hard, but I'm always scanning the ground to see what lies there.

Anyone else. Mark ( ohio )

 

[T-DUB]

do you still make it a habit to keep your head facing to the ground even while in the grocery store parking lot, or school parking lot or home depot etc., etc. etc..... I can't tell you how many quarters, dimes and even a few dollar bills I've picked up floating around and lying on the ground that others just don't see, to lazy, or just don't care. I guess old habits die hard, but I'm always scanning the ground to see what lies there.

Anyone else. Mark ( ohio )

Even prior to starting detecting, I had always searched and scanned below and all around.

 

[Odanscoils]

Yup. But I still look up at the power lines.
Guess that will never go away.

 

[BigTony]

Yup, I can’t stop that habit and probably never will stop doing it

 

[Rick(ND)]

Sure do, been doing this for years. I used to do this all the time since I started detecting. I still do it now as I trip a lot in my old age as we cant lift our feet like we did when we were younger . I spent close to 18 year or ss working in a tire shop and seem to look at everyone's tires for low ones, and having odd wear, seen a lot of bad wear and steel cords showing. I guess it just a hobby at looking at the ground from experience.

 

[Nauti]

I had to chuckle at this.....because yes,i'm always looking at the ground just in case.
Ever seen the series Detectorists.......Andy's wife makes the comment to him that he's "always looking at the ground"......i guess it's just a natural thing to do after you have been metal detecting for years.

 

[fwcrawford]

I do that too especially while walking across parking lots and at store checkouts.
Have founds lotof coins (at least one silver coin), and even paper currency.

 

[RLOH]

do you still make it a habit to keep your head facing to the ground even while in the grocery store parking lot, or school parking lot or home depot etc., etc. etc..... I can't tell you how many quarters, dimes and even a few dollar bills I've picked up floating around and lying on the ground that others just don't see, to lazy, or just don't care. I guess old habits die hard, but I'm always scanning the ground to see what lies there.

Anyone else. Mark ( ohio )

Mark, since I started detecting thirty years ago, it seems that my eyes are always trained on the ground. Many times while detecting, I will spot a coin or on rare occasions paper money. When anywhere in public, I am on the "lookout" for just about anything. I am even trying to train my wife. If I can completely train her, we will double our area. Have a great holiday season.