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Originally Posted by Jim
Nowhere in the challenge does it mention “metal detector” (or Dector).
Dollars to doughnuts the blogger was referring to Long Range Locators when he drafted the challenge. The verbiage is specific to “electronic detectors”…sometimes referred to as LRLs
The appropriate title to this thread would be: Coat Hangers vs. Long Range Locators
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That's exactly right.
The challenge made by the Canadian is titled "
Gold Detector Verses Dowsing Rod"
And the challenge is "
I will challenge any gold hunter using an electronic detector, against my two coat hangers".
It was Dell who added the words "Metal Detector" in his title to this thread. It appears that Dell is responsible for making it look like this is a contest between metal detectors and dowsing rods.
So what is the challenge?
The Canadian says he will challenge any gold hunter using an electronic detector against his two coat hangers. Doesn't this include gold hunters who use metal detectors? Isn't a metal detector an electronic detector?
According to his challenge, you must be a gold hunter and you must use an electronic detector, while he uses two coat hangers.
A minor complication is in the title to his challenge "Gold detector Verses Dowsing Rods". Gold detector implies a detector that only finds gold, but could also be any detector that finds gold and other things too. However, the title is not the challenge. He clearly stated his challenge which specifies the challenger must be a gold hunter and must use an electronic detector. The title only gives hints to what he had in mind. It does not specify the rules to the challenge. I suppose if you used a home-made metal detector, then you could paste a label on it that says "Gold Detector" and this would satisfy any implied requirement that it must be a gold detector.
So there you have it... You don't have to travel so far, Clondike Clad. The $5000 challenge is in Canada.
But before you pack for Canada to win your $5000, consider the credibility of the challenge.
Suppose you get there, and the Canadian says "I was only kidding"?
Or he says the challenge is only open to electronic gold-finding LRLs?
Or suppose he says: "what did you expect? I am supposed to make good on some silly thing you read in my blog?
Your laws must be different than the laws here. Go home Yankee".
If that happened, you could have a nice vacation and go home less travel expenses.
I still think Dell is laughing in front of his computer at all the ruckus he caused by making it appear that this was his challenge against metal detectors.
Do you think he would laugh harder if you went to the challenge in Canada and got turned back?
Best wishes,
J_P