Metal detecting Hazards

Hi all,

not sure where this fits, so i put it here -- if there's a better forum for this, please feel free to move it.

My thoughts here are on Hazards whilst detecting:

Anyone else every find the following things?

- Buried live wires ( I dug these up in a soccer field...I think they power the lights...luckily, I understood what theywere quickly and re-buried them)
- Drug users' needles  ( I haven't found any myself yet, but in some parks I hunt, I see them all the time)

any ideas on these or other hazards?

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Being in a lower population rural area I haven't really run into things like users needles.  Buried electrical wires could alway be a hazard, but I have never dug any up.

In the last few years one of the biggest hazards becoming a problem in the mountains of northeastern Oregon have been marijuana growers!  In the last year, 2 or 3 huge pot plantations have been discovered and destroyed by authorites just in a three county area alone!  Lots of weaponry and ammo seized and the forest trashed by the growers.  They have been way off the beaten path and were found mostly by hunters who got out of the area fast and notified authorities immediately.  The growers have almost all been from Mexico and Central America, raising millions of dollars worth of pot!

If you stumbled into one of these camps while the growers were there, you would be in Major Trouble!  They would probably just as soon kill you and bury your body where it would never be found.

Personally the biggest hazards I have encountered have been broken glass, sharp rusted metal cans, etc., and nails and blades.  Everyday things of that sort.  Poisonous critters, bugs, spiders and snakes can also be hazards, even bees, if you're not careful!
                                              

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ArfieBoy

Here in the Pacific NW in Western Washington, you have to keep an eye out for Stinging Nettles.
When digging, especially at the edges of wooded areas, burrowing yellow jacket wasps can be a
hazard, I know, one stung me 9 times before I was able to dislodge the little bugger from under
my long sleeve shirt at the wrist.  Not a nice find.  HH Robroy59

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I guess that is something to think about. I will have to consider that! Thanks for all the reminders!




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Yes...broken glass, sharp metal etc at the beach. Also unsavory persons about. Be aware and be safe!

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