Metal detectorists are a rough lot, recently there was a case in the US that suggest another reason why they go for the carbon-fibre shafted tools (Madeleine Marr, '
She attacked him because he was watching porn. He told cops it was just Cinemax'
Miami Herald 14th October 2019). US law enforcement deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call on a Sunday night. They found an injured 70-year-old man in the house who claimed that [...] his 77-year-old girlfriend, attacked him, and he claimed it wasn’t the first time. The woman was arrested for battery:
According to an arrest report reviewed by the Miami Herald, the couple had gotten into an argument Friday night after Galitello said she caught him watching porn.
Deputies said the man claimed he was only watching a show on Cinemax that just happened to feature a topless woman. Even so, he said the distinction didn’t matter to his significant other.
The man said she left a mark on him after hitting him in the head with a metal detector.
Investigators found no signs of trauma on the man’s head, but they did see a metal detector propped up next to the entertainment console in his home.
[the woman] admitted to arguing with her sweetie [sic] about watching porn [and] said she may have "accidentally tapped him” with it, but didn’t hurt him. She believed she was only doing “God’s work,” deputies said.
Here's a text on '
Women and Metal Detecting'. This (and the 'jokes' pages of some forums) is also worth looking at to determine the view of the average detectorist on women:
how does your wife view your time metal detecting?. It seems there are a sizeable number of misogynists in the milieu.
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