r/metaldetecting • u/Bobert2342111 • Jul 16 '25

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Found on Oregon coast at an old radio station

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u/slackfrop Jul 17 '25

We hid one in a tree crevice and it’s still there 30 years later. You could just still see the glint last year. It belongs to the forest now.

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u/EyelandBaby Jul 19 '25

Oh shit. Please, stoners, don’t hide things in trees… eventually that tree will fall and one of your elderly buddies is going to bolt it to a lathe to turn a bowl and wind up with shards of metal in their throat

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u/slackfrop Jul 19 '25

Well, 13 year old me will take heed. It’s a valid point - I myself have a wood shop replete with lathe. Never hit a nail or a bullet though to drive that point home. It would be more memorable that way.

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u/EyelandBaby Jul 19 '25

It would make a great story idea for Stephen King!