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Metal detecting slang:

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LabradorBob

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(Warble)-To sing with changing notes.

(Peep)-A sound,but seemingly cut short.

(Null)-An absence of sound.

(Screamer)-One that likes to be extra loud.

(One sided silver)-A silver signal,that responds one direction only.

Add some more,anyone who can think of any!

LabradorBob
 
( Can Slaw ) = pieces of pop cans, pull tabs, and other junk related to that species ..... :pulltab:

( !@#$%^ ..... :rage: ) = Totally Skunked

( Kitchen Pass ) = Getting the OK from your wife to go detecting.... :please:
 
"Pop him in the jib"...what I would like to do to Guvner on just about EVERY hunt.:smoke:

"Wipe the gloat off his face"...AGAIN...what I'd like to do to Guvner on just about EVERY hunt:bouncy:

"Punked him..then moved in on his turf"...One more time ...AGAIN... what I actually DO to Guvner on just about every hunt if he happens to find something:cool:

Now on a more serious note...."Iffy" hit...Could be any number of things 1) intermittent signal...2) jumbled up signal because of trash mixed in...3) sweet warble through the nulling threshold...but only from one angle...4) sweet hit but doesn't repeat from many angles as you circle the target...5) DEEP high pitched chirp that needs to be investigated to see if it is worth digging...6) goofy sounding signal because of a deep coin on edge.
 
Love the responses:

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Permit...Permission from Guvner to Hunt any Park he has personally stepped foot on.lol:please:
Road Trip....Traveling to any other area outside of a 15 mile circle of home.:twodetecting:
Trifecta (3) of the same like silver dimes, Rosey,Merc,Barber:rant:
Slam: what you was trying to get when you got the Trifecta.. (1) of each rosey,merc,barber,seated.:super:
Busted out....when caught Detectin when you was supposed to be mowing the lawn by the ole lady..:stretcher:
Just a few to add to the list.

HH BiLL IL
 
Ornateness- anything that has pictures or engravings on it.:blowup:

Double hammer technique- the proses of using two rock hammers to detect in frozen ground.:huh:

Double hammer coin- when you hit a coin with the hammer in frozen ground:ranting:

Tok- Token:thumbup:

Mating coins- when you find coins in the hole trying to reproduce ( stuck together ):inlove:
 
cut.....a vertical cliff cut into the sand by wave and surf actionj, ranging from a couple of inches high to over 15 feet high.....proper term is "berm".

cuts, depressions.....rounded out valleys cut into the sand from wave and surf action, vertical or horizontal........properly csalled "scallops".,

waking on the beach.......towards the water would be csalled "offshore". walking toward the land woulod be called "onshore". walking parallel with the ocean is properly called "walking alongshore".

black sand, black earth......sometimes it is "Magnetite", (which tests a very negative VDI and is hard to ground balance on), or "Maghemite" (which tests a very positive reading VDI and is even harder to ground balance on). Worse if moist.

red earth.....one type of red earth is called "Hematite" which has very positive reading VDI only if ground is moist.

nickle.....proper spelling is "nickel".
 
( " What's wrong with the coil you already have ? " ) = The beginning of an interesting and a very touchy conversation . :argue:
 
"Clinker" - Those pesky Lincoln zinc cents.

"Stinkin' Lincoln"

"Chowda" - A quarter.

"I found a half a dolla!" - We say this when we dig a big round metalic object that is clearly "not" a half dollar....

Curses, foiled again. - Usually said when we find those nice golden colored tin foil usually off of those chocolate coins they sell at christmas time.

"Keepin the coil low and slow"

"Keepin the coil to the soil"

"Hey dude, got any of those hippie sticks?" :wacko:
 
(Witchadiga)-Hey didn't bring that new digger thang Witchadiga?

(Probe)-I brought my probe,cant figure out why your buddy wont turn his back on you.

(Discriminate)-This is why you can't get a job metal detecting,they don't allow it!

(Trash)-Something you dug,that wasn't in the category you wanted.

(Signal)-Something that says-I found something.
 
Here are a few terms that I have had personal experience with:

BUMMER: 1) Driving 175 miles to hunt your favorite park and finding the grounds covered with festival tents. 2) Driving to the same park and realizing that you left your detector battery pack on the kitchen table

CAB - Alternate transportation sought by a detecting buddy that rode with you and has since wandered off in the park without being seen nor heard from in several hours

GO TIME - Occurs after several hours of non stop detecting and then realizing that all of the restrooms in the park are locked

DOG PILE - An odorous brown substance that readily adheres to your knee pads after digging a target

SH@&! - Expletive frequently uttered after an encounter with a dog pile

RIP - That annoying sound that occurs when the crotch of your pants splits out while bending over to dig a target

MOON - That portion of your anatomy that become increasingly exposed as the weight of your trash laden treasure pouch slowly drags your trousers down towards your knees. (Also has a direct relationship to RIP)

DD
 
What I said a few times when digging a deep target..then hearing a scratching thud when hitting said target ...before I decided to get the Sunray X-1 probe.:cool:

Actually I said something along with the "Uh Oh"...but I won't go there:smoke:
 
Crap Signal = any signal that doesn't sound Good.

Tatonka= Buffalo Nickel

Swinging the coil= Metal detecting

Cuttin plugs = Removing a soil in a certain manner

walker= Walking liberty half

Detroit potatoes = Any number of assorted Bullets that i find in Detroit park's or playgrounds

rouge park rovers= Men that like Men and drive around Detroit's Rouge park looking for bent over Metal detector users with plumber's Crack

Goose juice= A very strange and horrible substance found on all manner of your detecting Equipment while Detecting by the water.

Zincoln= A Zinc Lincoln cent

Engine= Indian Head cent

I've been hunting that park for 10 years= Everyone for 50 miles has detected it for 30 years

Halo= O metal leaching into the soil making metal items more conductive

I've never found anything in that park= That place is loaded with silver and it's my secret spot

that's all for know i can think of a ton. HH. Tim:nopity:
 
"Walker"

"Greenie" -

"grass casing" or "Mummy wrapping" - preserved grass surrounding an old penny or nickel.

"beaver tail" - the tab portion of a pull tab.

"took off lincoln's beard" - to carelessly scratch or gouge a nice coin like I did when digging up a 1931-S Wheatie.

"you diggin' to china over there?" Large pile of dirt and no find to go with it. Often followed up with "want me to run back home and get the post hole digger?"
 
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