Murphy's law for metal detecting?

[Ism]

I don't generally start threads but I did a Google search of Murphy's Law for metal detecting and only found a couple of forum posts of people referring back to it.
I had a couple of my own for detecting but can only remember one at the moment. Anybody care to add theirs?

1. There will always be a good target signal under a pile of dog crap.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

That is very true. Except in my case it is almost always deer crap ..

 

[gmanlight]

Under a big tree root

 

[mudpuppy]

You drive 50 miles to a great totlot, only to find a foot of new chips have been spread there the day before!

 

[matthias]

You take a buddy to your favorite spot and he out hunts you with a less expensive machine his first time there. LOL!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Your batteries will suddenly die at the least opportune time.

After a very long drive, to a very prime spot, you will discover you left your digging tools at home.

 

[D&P-OR]

Find a fire ant nest---you've found a coin(s)! -----Or is it vice versa?

 

[TerraDigger]

Dog droppings....my one big/small nemesis. Cat droppings really smell to high heaven. And yes, Murphy makes sure that a really interesting spot of ground is littered with this stuff. Got permission last year to do a 1886 house. One of the three oldest houses in my city. Yard was literally covered in cat **** from all the neighborhood felines. Had to give up on it. What a shame

 

[Steve O]

Around here it's goose turds, smell's not bad but it sure sticks to your boots.

 

[trueblue]

here its sulpur crested cockatoo crap hoards off'em carpet the ground white with droppins and it stinks

 

[jcooking]

Murphy was an optimist!

 

[Hank68]

When you lose more gear than the goodies you found! That sucks

 

[Ism]

Some great posts...maybe in time a list can be compiled akin to the original.

 

[Ism]

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[hendoendo]

Here in Las Vegas, you go to your favorite county totlots, only to find rubberized mats on them. Hendoendo

 

[Woodchuck]

Your at your favorite digging spot and get a case of the runs! and you got nowhere to run too!

 

[Ism]

Rotfl Woodchuck...Which reminds me of another...

You have to take a leak the moment you arrive at your destination.
One other....
The moment you holster your pinpointer you detect another diggable target.

 

[T.A.L.LasVegas]

Yes they have made most of them rubber matted and thus ruined my favorite spots. There are still a few tot lots left with sand or wood chips but they are harder to find. Some of the smaller neighborhood parks have not converted yet, I use google earth to find those parks but it's not the same.

HH
Todd