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Title: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: Depechemode1993 on July 27, 2004, 11:46:06 AM
well I was hoping someone could help me out. I have been hearing that metal detectors do not go off when searched when stealthing a show. some say they might.  I would like to know form people who hae stealthed a show and have been wanded have you been caught? this is my setup as I am goin stealthy. Sony D8 + Sony ECM-717 mic. I want to know if any of that will go off? plus I am taping the Cure and I really want to get this taped as the cure is my favorite band!
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: jpschust on July 27, 2004, 11:53:39 AM
cant you say its your pair of cock rings?  i bet that gets them off you fast.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: Depechemode1993 on July 27, 2004, 11:58:26 AM
yeah but I think that is my last resort... plus I don't look like a guy that would do that? ;D
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: seethreepo on July 27, 2004, 12:01:10 PM
metal crutches?  my buddy beat a wand with some of those and some loose change, keys, etc.   chain wallet...  jewellery etc.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: greenone on July 27, 2004, 12:03:23 PM
Yeah, just carry a shitload of stuff in your pockets and act dumb is what I've heard. Take everything out slowly, hold up the line, blah blah blah.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: bhtoque on July 27, 2004, 12:46:37 PM
I have passed the 717 off as the hands-free for my cell phone on a few occasions.

Big belt buckles help too.

JAson
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: Depechemode1993 on July 27, 2004, 01:07:34 PM
wait so the 717 will set off the detector?
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: Chapper on July 27, 2004, 01:33:36 PM
another candidate for the old colostomy bag trick!
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: bhtoque on July 27, 2004, 01:43:26 PM
wait so the 717 will set off the detector?

It depends on how sensitive the wands are set. The battery is enough to set a wand off at it's most sensitive.

The person behind the wand is the real issue though.

I've said "car keys" as my deck set off the wand and not been patted down, and I've had to take everything out of my pockets while I was re-wanded too.

If I can, I watch the lines to see who is doing the worst job and go through them.

JAson
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: dank on July 27, 2004, 02:56:37 PM
Try wearing one of those back supports that you wear around your lower back that are about a foot wide....  tell them it has metal reinforcement and you cant take it off. Insert gear inside.

Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: rowjimmy on July 27, 2004, 03:06:12 PM
Just gold up and see what happens.

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Be careful not to OG!
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: leegeddy on July 27, 2004, 03:09:05 PM
venue: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, NV
security: walk-through metal gates > wand thereafter.
contents on person:  sony M1, beyerdynamic mv-100, at8533, at853, alinco scanner, 2 dat tapes, mini-mini cable for alinco, mobile phone, keys, sunglasses, pen, tiny flashlight, pocket-full of change, car keys.
result:  walked through gate>set it off.  got wanded>set it off. showed keys to security>was told "have a good time at the show" :D

marc
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: thierryhenry on July 27, 2004, 03:53:07 PM
venue: MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, NV
security: walk-through metal gates > wand thereafter.
contents on person:  sony M1, beyerdynamic mv-100, at8533, at853, alinco scanner, 2 dat tapes, mini-mini cable for alinco, mobile phone, keys, sunglasses, pen, tiny flashlight, pocket-full of change, car keys.
result:  walked through gate>set it off.  got wanded>set it off. showed keys to security>was told "have a good time at the show" :D

marc


Legendary!
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: jkoch on July 29, 2004, 03:25:34 AM
i know my at831s and jb3 have yet to set off any metal detector wands. i think the battery box did once but i passed it off as something else easy.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: King Crimson on July 29, 2004, 09:12:08 AM
cock-ring.

fool proof.

it works even better if your not the type of person that would have it.  they jsut look at you weird as hell and let you through...almost wanting to get you away sooner.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: silentmark on July 29, 2004, 03:36:15 PM
cant you say its your pair of cock rings?  i bet that gets them off you fast.

LOL ! Classic ...
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: neognosis on July 29, 2004, 04:52:04 PM
All good suggestions, which have worked for me.  Also, if you want to be a pussy, you could go to the back of the line and just wait for the wand's batteries to die.

I prefer the "look for someone doing a half-assed job and get in his line" method.
Title: Re: Metal Detectors! ah!
Post by: George on July 30, 2004, 07:40:45 PM
All good suggestions, which have worked for me.  Also, if you want to be a pussy, you could go to the back of the line and just wait for the wand's batteries to die.

I prefer the "look for someone doing a half-assed job and get in his line" method.


I usually get on the line where a woman is wanding, she sures hell will not touch your ass, crotch or even waist line.  I had this happen at a No Doubt show, i have my preamp stuffed in my backside, the security guys were checking men's backs but she wasn't.