PDA

View Full Version : Detecting during an Earthquake


Lodge Scent
11-09-2020, 11:41 AM
Got out to one of my old colonial sites Sunday morning to do a little detecting. The only excitement for the hunt was an earthquake. I heard this loud low rumbling noise and thought it was a squadron of jet fighters from the base on Cape Cod coming towards me. After no jets appeared I thought that must have been an earthquake. Turns out I was about 8 miles from the epicenter. The odd bit is I didn't feel any shaking...just heard the roar from the magnitude 4 quake. I called my wife and she said the dishes and pics on the wall and stuff in the attic rattled pretty good for a few seconds, but no major damage reported anywhere in the area.

I wish I could say it shook a few coppers to the surface but no such luck. ;)
SeabeeRon
11-09-2020, 12:15 PM
Quakes aren't that common out your way are they?!?
Full Metal Digger
11-09-2020, 12:39 PM
the dishes and pics on the wall and stuff in the attic rattled pretty good for a few seconds, but no major damage reported anywhere in the area.

Same thing happens when I make love to my wife...
SeabeeRon
11-09-2020, 01:07 PM
Same thing happens when I make love to my wife...

:shocked04::hystericallaugh:
OxShoeDrew
11-09-2020, 01:26 PM
geesh, I was 56 miles away and most people felt it here, but not me. I think I was driving.
Lodge Scent
11-09-2020, 02:21 PM
Same thing happens when I make love to my wife...

:hystericallaugh:We need to confirm that with Mrs. FMD before we make that public.
Lodge Scent
11-09-2020, 02:23 PM
Quakes aren't that common out your way are they?!?

Ron, I know you guys eat mag 4 earthquakes for breakfast in your area but they are pretty rare here in MA.
OxShoeDrew
11-18-2020, 03:47 PM
Ron, I know you guys eat mag 4 earthquakes for breakfast in your area but they are pretty rare here in MA. I felt one that woke me up in the early 1980s in Danbury, CT. It was difficult to roust me in those days. :lol: They nicknamed me Sleepy Drew on the college intramural teams. I thought I gained the moniker with my calm, smooth jump shot, but I guess it was because I didn't get up until noon.
Lodge Scent
11-18-2020, 09:28 PM
I felt one that woke me up in the early 1980s in Danbury, CT. It was difficult to roust me in those days. :lol: They nicknamed me Sleepy Drew on the college intramural teams. I thought I gained the moniker with my calm, smooth jump shot, but I guess it was because I didn't get up until noon.

:lol: You were draining 3-pointers before there was a a 3-point line. I could never sleep until noon...even if I was up all night......except when I had mono :lol: