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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 1:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Crampedin13A
Both my ankles are full of stainless steel plates and screws yet I never set the detector off at any airport. I hear titanium plates do which I find odd.
I think medical quality metal is one of the noted frequency responses, the iron shrapnel is not! The scanners show an "area" of interest, the scars match the story told.
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