A reminder to check those nooks and crannies.....especially the crannies....for ticks. I am usually very diligent in checking for ticks when I get back home from detecting. I was out in the woods a couple of weeks ago and I missed one during my post hike tick check. I found it 3 days later. The deer tick was hiding where the "sun don't shine". Let's just say that that tick was having a ball until I found it and ruined its day.

Anyway....If I find a tick dining on me with 36 hours of me being in the woods, I will just remove it. Any longer than that and it is a visit to the doctor for 200 mg of doxycycline. Took some good natured abuse from the doctor for finding the tick where I did, and also got scolded for not being diligent enough in my tick check. He has seen too many cases of stage 4 Lyme disease.

Pay attention to those nooks and crannies.

Jeff