In the metal-detecting world, a joke tag is a piece of metal inscribed with the jokester’s initials and buried in an area where other detectorists are searching to prank fellow hobbyists. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Joke Tag”
Grant, here’s a little bit of metal detectorist slang that I think you’ll appreciate.
And that is joke tag. J-O-K-E, joke tag.
It’s when they find something that’s not valuable and they put on it a Roman-era coin, but it’s just a pull tab from an old Fanta.
There are a lot of pull tabs for sure, and people call those beaver tails, as a matter of fact.
Beaver tails, that’s funny.
I don’t know. What’s a joke tag?
A joke tag is something that you use to play a practical joke on other detectorists.
It’s a small metal plate that you put your name on and you leave it behind for other people to find.
That’s kind of evil.
It is, isn’t it?
But, you know, you got this little community of fellow enthusiasts.
It’s fun to play a little joke every once in a while.
What’s the language of your little community?
