Dog sniffer.......
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Well, just got to thinking........I know that's dangerous!
But, I had a German Shepard once that I trained to track and find only Buck deer. Took over two
years of daily hikes and tracking to train her, but she was spot on. We had tons of fun for
many years and I and her got a lot of exercise in the desert at the same time.
Well, what about training a dog to sniff silver? Possible? I know when I handle it my hands get
a distinctive odor that only silver imparts. The stuff stinks and I think a dog with a good nose would
be fun to have in old parks searching for silver coins, etc.
Nah,
nevermind.
bob
Silver cert (probably does not stink enough)
Silver Norse: Would smell right but it's entombed. Anyone need a AU58 for a set?
But, I had a German Shepard once that I trained to track and find only Buck deer. Took over two
years of daily hikes and tracking to train her, but she was spot on. We had tons of fun for
many years and I and her got a lot of exercise in the desert at the same time.
Well, what about training a dog to sniff silver? Possible? I know when I handle it my hands get
a distinctive odor that only silver imparts. The stuff stinks and I think a dog with a good nose would
be fun to have in old parks searching for silver coins, etc.
Nah,
nevermind.
bob
Silver cert (probably does not stink enough)
Silver Norse: Would smell right but it's entombed. Anyone need a AU58 for a set?
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<< <i>I need to upgrade to YOUR brand of coffee!
Hoard the keys.
to swing a detector and could just amble around with a beer or such. Get a pin pointer and some
doggie treats and I'd be good to go.....
Now, just have to find a dog willing to work!
If all else fails I could train my wife to swing the detector while I watch?
Nah, may not have a wife very long if I did that, better stick with the dog idea..
bob
<< <i>The point is my dog will love to work, and he's much quicker at covering ground. I don't have
to swing a detector and could just amble around with a beer or such. Get a pin pointer and some
doggie treats and I'd be good to go.....
Now, just have to find a dog willing to work!
If all else fails I could train my wife to swing the detector while I watch?
Nah, may not have a wife very long if I did that, better stick with the dog idea..
bob
Or maybe she will not tell you she found anything and keep it all. But then again with a dog you may fina a pile of silver and gold in your yard.
Hoard the keys.
<< <i>There was a rumor that stage 1 of the Sniffer process utilizes the pre-eminently protruding proboscis of an African anteater >>
Oh my, can I get one of them at PetsMart?
bob
1) It took several years for CU to get into compliance with the strictures of The Endangered Species Act.
2) Just as with pointers and the like (e.g. explosive/drug detection dogs), years of training are required.
3) Each time a coin is rejected, the noble guardian, having generously and nobly violated the temple of its own body, must go outside to relieve itself of the poisons it has taken for the team. Multiple additional critters had to go through "Sniffer Boot Camp". This was not anticipated by the trainers or CU staff itself.
Footnote: The financial aftermath is hidden in CU's 2012 annual report. Look at heavy spikes in expenses in "Janitorial Services" and "Environmental Impact Studies" as well as in "Carpeting" and a one-time capital expense outlay for "Air-Conditioning Upgrade". A (name undisclosed) CU staff accountant initially drafted to "walk" the anteaters took a droll approach to later classifying out-contracted backyard walking services as "Pest Control". The incidence of Sniffing accidents can be easily tracked though watching monthly fluctuations in Pest Control expenditures. The accountant was later taken out to lunch several times by world-class graders.
The Sniffer announcement was delayed several months as an additional training segment was added with the help of behavioral scientists. The idiosyncratic sneezing and various other sorts of liquid and air-borne effluence-emitting patterns for each individual stalwart had to analyzed. Sometimes some really hinky perfect storm of additives would clear the room for 10 minutes.
4) CU and the FBI are interested in where you got THAT copy of the "Sniffer Dirty List"? .
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
<< <i>The 1940 film "The Thief of Bagdad" had a dog who could tell good coins from bad.
was the film worth watching?
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is a classic. Sausages!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiF67ggUOM
The 1924 version had Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (also a classic)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015400/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
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Sell for more than $50.00 per pound.
My next dog will be a small, short haired breed with a good 'sniffer', going to train him to find them, same as truffle hunters use their pigs.
In a Good Year they are plentiful, (if you know where and how to look) but so much depends on the weather, and there is only a 2 week window of oppurtunity.